The Moeraki Boulders are unusually large and spherical boulders lying along a stretch of Koekohe Beach
Otherwise, it rained the whole day. We wanted to see Jack blowhole, but it was on the other side of the bay. We went to Nugget Point, hoping to see penguins, sea lions and elephant seals, but it was raining hard.
We then arrive arrived at Balclutha and got some petrol. Thanks for the supermarket petrol voucher, you get 4 cents off up to 100 litres.
We carried on towards Oamaru. The road was not interesting except the landscape is a bit like England. So is the rain.
We by-passed Dunedin. It was a big town, took us half an hour to drive pass.
Arrived at Oamaru. Joanna Lumley (our navigator) decided to navigate by the back road. We did not see the town, but the industrial side of Oamaru.
We had another chance to see the blue penguins. We decided to walk rather than taking a tour from the campsite to the nesting place.
Wow! The town – name of the main street was called Thames. It has lots of white grand building like the colonials.
The reason for this was, they found limestone, and it can be sawn on site. Wood was rare and hence expensive. Most of the buildings in Oamaru were made of lime stone. Again ports and harbours were gone. It was once upon a time a rich and roaring place due to the gold rush and farming. There were wharfs along the harbour, where they turned into art and craft place for tourists. Shame!
Guess what? We did not find the penguins nesting place. It was too far to walk. We turned around and headed back to our campsite.
When we came to town, we went through a public garden. It has lots of Acers and unusual plants with their autumn colours. On our way back from town, we went pass it again. This time we went by another route. There was no disappointment. The same beauty remained. We also walked pass some bird cages. We saw budgies, peacocks, cockatiel and a big cockatoo who said "bye bye".
Supper was lemon sole – yummy with lemon sauce poached with yellow peppers.
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