Day 8 – Dunedin – Beaches, Penguins and Selfies

So here we are in Dunedin.  Firstly, view from the house balcony, which is a good start.  Pretty cold when we arrived – or at least the wind coming up from Antartica is.

So off on the tourist trail to the Otago Peninsula – quick lunch break at an idyllic little beach.

Then off to see some yellow-eyed penguins.  These are wild, but in a special reserve.  We loved that they are really grumpy and anti-social – so much so that they nest where they can’t see each other.  We had to move around the reserve in tunnels and view them from special hides so they don’t get grumpy by seeing us!

Then Jo showed us around some of her Dunedin haunts – especially Tunnel Beach which is one helluva climb back up but well worth the struggle.

The sharp-eyed among you will spot the panoramic camera on the iPhone.  And we loved Jo and the blue skies.

A question which we need to look up – what is the equivalent latitude in the UK?  It stays light here until about 10.15, and we’re going further South next.

And finally, it’s such a relief to be in the presence of a master selfie exponent …..

I mentioned yesterday that New Zealand is limited in wifi.  Grabbed a bit at the penguin reserve, and now in Jo’s university house.  But apart from that not a lot.  So will be interesting to see what happens as we set off into the wilderness.