We bid a fond farewell to the Queenstown region and headed to the east coast.
The town of Dunedin (Doo-NEE-dihn) boasts some beautiful architecture.
...and an interesting museum...
There was also a Chinese Garden honoring the early Chinese immigrants.
Further north along the Otego coast is the Koekohe Beach, where the Moeraki Boulders lie. They are a strange and beautiful phenomenon that has occurred in this part of the world.
Perfectly spherical, these boulders are mudstone cementations created during the Paleocene (55-65 million years ago) era, that have been uncovered by erosion.
..just a cool piece of seaweed...
Oamaru was our stopping point for today's drive. There is a Steampunk Museum we wanted to check out, and later, a viewing of some blue penguins returning to shore from the ocean.
There was a saying when I was in high school, "Oh my stahs and gahters!"
More amazing architecture...
And this is it: the home of the largest Steampunk gathering in the world (see Guiness
New Zealand also has a lot of "Vintage Clothing" stores....
We ended up having dinner at the Stars and Garter Restaurant, which contained a lot of cool photos of people who had held their wedding/anniversary parties here...
The best food yet!!
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