🦭 Dunedin & New Haven

On the way to Dunedin we came across the Elephant Rocks, a field of Limestones that are over 20 million years old. Some scenes in Chronicles of Narnia movie were apparently filmed here.

Dunedin is a bigger city than we expected, it has somewhat steep streets (apparently the steepest street in the world) like in San Francisco, old architecture and many restaurants. Though, we figured that lot of these restaurants were closed, because we have been there on a Monday and in the new year week. We were told that shops and restaurants close earlier on Mondays and sometimes Tuesdays, because not many people go out on these days.

We went to some beaches that are close to Dunedin, most these beaches will have  sea lions laying around in the sun. They are not giving much attention to what‘s happening around them. The majority of people are considerate and don’t go to close to the animals. New Zealand also does a good job of educating and reminding about not disturbing the nature and animals by putting signs and explanations.

Our accommodation in New Haven was more outside instead of a bigger city. Anyways the cities got smaller and smaller the further south we went. From our windows we could watch the sea lions getting out of the water and laying on the beach. This older fellow would occasionally charge at some people, we didn’t witness it, but people were hiding in the forest and they said that he‘s fast.

In the area where we are staying are many waterfalls and beaches - We went to different waterfalls, like the Purakaunui Falls and the McLean Falls, before we made our descent to the Cathedral Caves.

On our way to the Nugget Point, we got surprised by strong rain, so we made quick way back to the car without going until the lighthouse.

Our time on the east coast ends with that, and our next destination will be Te Anau.