Oamaru, New Zealand

To Oamaru

We took a drive to Oamaru today which is Ron and Melissa’s closest town to get their shopping a good hour and a bit away. Chris and I took a nice walk around the town whilst they went about their jobs for the day. We first went to the visitor centre where we watched a video on the history of...

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chrischarly on January 25, 2012 from Oamaru, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Chris and Charly Down Under

Penguins! Little blue ones this time...

We stop at the Moeraki boulders on the way to Oamaru - weird, alien-like round boulders which have been eroded from the cliffs and rolled/fallen out onto the beach. Without knowing how they came to be (guess who didn't read the info board before going down to the beach to look), it was a weird...

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LizIsHere on March 18, 2010 from Oamaru, New Zealand

from the travel blog: New Zealand & Australia 2010

South Island Day 15: Waiting For Nature

If you go to Oamaru you can either pay $20 to go watch some blue penguins or rock up to a DoC hide at Bushy Beach to watch the rare yellow eyed penguins for free from a distance. I've paid to see penguins before and Nat and Shane didn't want to part with cash so we drove over to Bushy Beach to...

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Koala Bear on February 17, 2009 from Oamaru, New Zealand

from the travel blog: Tiny Little NZ Road Trip

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