28-03-07Weather report... left a cloudy Wellington to land in glorious sunshine in Dunedin. Later on as we made our way on to the Otago peninsular the mist and cloud came down.
The flight down was on time, nice and smooth, the only hiccup being a screaming, vomitting kid sad directly behind us! Deb managed to hold her patience and focus on eating her chicken sandwich instead, very impressive! Landed at Edinburgh airport ok, oops meant to say Dunedin airport, this town is very much a miniature version of Endinburgh. Even the countryside round here looks like the lowlands of Scotland, and with the changeable weather thrown in it's hard to tell the difference. It's not until you speak to the locals that you realise you're still in NZ, they're far too polite to be Scottish ;o)
We picked the hire car up from the airport, again very efficient and no hassle. As it was still fairly early, 11am, and the weather was looking ok, we went straight out to the Otago Peninsular to look for penguins and other wildlife. We followed a windy scenic road along the waters edge with small hamlets dotted around, stopping occasionally for me to check out photo opportunities. We stopped at a small cafe for a snack and relished in the 70's nostalgia of the place before moving onto the penguin conservation sanctuary!
We spent an informative 90 minutes or so at the sanctuary checking out a few of the Yellow Eyed penguins (the rarest penguins in the world). The following day we managed to track some of these down in the wild, more of that later.
From there we then headed back to Dunedin to find the motel. The motel, Farrys on George Street, is well located just a 5 minute walk from a number of reatauarants then just a further 5 minutes into the centre of town. It's a comfortable place, nice and clean, quiet and comes with a complementary broadband line! So, later on in the evening Deb was able to Skype Audrey and Peter for a quick 10 minute chat.
We finished the day with a good meal in a local fish restaurant.
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