First day when we reached Dunedin, we can't wait to rush to our long-missed place - PAK N SAVE!!! Alexandra has only New World and the goods are much more expensive than Pak N Save. Hence, it's time for us to 扫货 here! Another happy thing is that since we are staying at BBH tonight, we can have our own steamboat session!
Dunedin is the second largest city in South Island of New Zealand. It is also the principal city of the Otago Region. An endearing city of fine unspoiled Edwardian and Victorian architecture, Dunedin prides itself on being New Zealand's centre for learning, heritage, arts and culture and is renowned for being one of the world's great small cities. The vibrant city centre is compact with restaurants, cafes, hotels and accommodation within walking distance and the city rise has many stunning views.
First Church of Otago
First Church is a prominent church in Dunedin. The building is regearded as the most impressive of New Zealand's nineteenth-century churches, and is listed by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust as a Category I structure.
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| front view |
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| side view |
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| back view |
St. Paul's Cathedral
St. Paul's Cathedral is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Dunedin in New Zealand. It occupies a site in the heart of The Octagon near the Dunedin Town Hall, since the first parish church of St Paul was built in 1862 - 1863.
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| St Paul's Cathedral and the statue of Robert Burns at The Octagon |
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| side view |
Dunedin Railway Station
Dunedin Railway Station is the fourth station in the city. This building embodies Dunedin's wealthy inheritance. During the city's most prosperous years, this railway station was the country's busiest, handling up to 100 trains each day. The overall effect of this building has crowned it to be New Zealand's most photographed building.
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| Dunedin Railway Station - New Zealand's most photographed building |
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| Designed in the fashionable, desirable and highly expensive Edwardian Baroque style |
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| The foyer and booking hall's elaborate ornamentation is bathed in a soft golden light that reinforces the wealth of the city of Dunedin at the time. |
Cadbury World
Cadbury World Dunedin is one of the attactions at Dunedin city. Besides Cadbury in London, it is the only Cadbury that is opened for public to visit. We join the 75 minutes full tour to discover the chocolate making process right from the cocoa bean all the way through to each of the delicious products - Cadbury Dairy Milk, Old Gold, and Dream chocolate. For safety and hygiene reason, we have to take down all our accessories, and wear their cap.
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| Purple Silo - We're inside to see the chocolate fountain! |
Once we stepped in the chocolate factory, we're welcomed by a very strong fragrant of chocolate! Our tour guide, a very tall lady, explained to us how Cadbury chocolate that we usually buy in supermarket is made, and their different packaging processes.
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| the golden chocolate at the main entrance |
The main event of the tour is the Purple Silo, where one ton of liquid chocolate falls right in front of our eyes! Some chocolate liquids even spilled on our clothes and shoes if you stand too near to it. While our guide explained the making processes, she gave us different complementary Cadbury chocolate too.
University of Otago
The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand's oldest university. It has New Zealand's highest average research quality and in New Zealand is second only to the University of Auckland in the number of "A" rated academic researchers it employs.
Dunedin City
Dunedin is a very beautiful city, it has a perfect fusion of the modern and unique antique buildings. Just walking on the street, the view is awesome and you can see a lot of beautiful artwork.
Sandfly Bay
Sandfly Bay is a sandy bay with large dunes. The bay was named for the sand which, given the windy nature of this coast, flies from the tall dunes surrounding it. This recreation reserve is remarkable for its native fauna and flora, and also its spectacular views of the Otago Peninsula coastline and cliff tops. Among the many outstanding natural features are the yellow-eyed penguins.
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| Stunning view on our way to Sandfly Bay |
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| Sandfly Bay - the wildlife refuge |
We came here through our friend's recommendation, and we never do any homework about it. Once reach, we're surprised by the sandy dunes, which is really steep and deep. Our feet sink into the sand when we walk!
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| beautiful sandfly bay |
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| Never look down on this sandy dunes. It's very steep and deep, not easy to climb. We're half dead of climbing this =_= |
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| saw our footprints on the sand dunes? |
Yellow-eyed penguins are one of the rarest penguins in the world and unique to New Zealand. In the late 1980s, the population of yellow-eyed penguins was falling fast and something needed to be done. The Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust was then formed in 1987 to put a conservation programme in place to stop the decline and save the endangered penguin. Sandfly Bay is one of its refuges.
Contrary to most people's idea of a penguin habitat, there's not an iceberg in sight. Instead this bird prefers the privacy of secluded nest sites scattered deep in the shade of southern New Zealand's coastal forests, scrub or dense flax.
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| The penguin is frightened by too many people here. It squat down and stay there, not moving. |
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| Their nest |
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| the yellow-eyed |
Yellow-eyed penguins are the least social of all penguins. Very shy, they prefer to nest often well away and always out of sight of their neighbours. When we reached the beach, there's no notice board or warning sign to inform us to keep as far as possible from the penguins. Consequently, we're too excited because this is the first time we saw a penguin in wild life, not in the zoo. Too many people at the beach and this has frightened the penguin. It stood there for a long time, not moving. After some time, it squat down on the sand. Only at this time, a staff from DOC appeared and asked us to keep bigger distance from the penguin. We should actually hide ourself, try not to let the penguins to see us as they are very self defendent. We feel so sorry and guilty to have frightened the penguin accidentally. At last, the staff from DOC carried the penguin with his hand back to their nest.
Besides yellow-eyed penguin, Sandfly Bay is also a popular site for the New Zealand sea lion, to bask on the sand. It is probably the world's rarest sea lion and numbers around 10,000.
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| 在海滩与汪洋中，来去自如 |
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| kissing behind me? |
As one of the larger New Zealand animals, New Zealand sea lion has been a protected species since the 1890s. Their number is declining and is considered the most threatened sea lion in the world.
Overall, Dunedin trip is really fun and full of surprises. One of the surprises we had is the first 'ba gua' we got at Dunedin City. The parking there is really a problem, the time allowed to park our car is too short and Dunedin has too many attractions! We got not enough time to come back to pay for the parking again and this is what we got, haha!
Remember to pay your parking on time if you are visiting Dunedin!
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