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Botanical Gardens in Dunedin |
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| Sprekelia |
Ariseamia |
Succulents |
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| Marlborough Daisy
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Newly planted pond
area. |
NZ Rata - an epiphytic
vine that becomes a tree |
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| A summer flowering
protea! |
1st
January 2007. In NZ it's 13.00hrs, and it's midnight
on 31 December 2006 in UK, so ...
... we drank a dram
and sang Auld Lang Syne for friends in UK |
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| Newly planted pond
area |
Subtle and beautiful
Flax flower |
Bell Bird enjoying
nectar from knifofia |
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| Silver Eye |
Subtle
colours (maples at L) & stark colours (pohutukawa
& kanuka at R) |
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| Dramatic
native leaf structures
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Oz plant |
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| The
beautiful City of Dunedin |
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| Looking to the Octagon
from the port |
The Town Hall on
the Octagon |
View Street - a
steep street! |
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| Cross near the post |
The Railway Station
& yellow Taieri Gorge Train |
The Port in Dunedin
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| Stunning Dunedin
Railway Station |
Minton tiles |
Entrance Hall mosaics |
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| Stained Glass Windows
- with Rampant Lions! |
Detail
from the window at left |
Ticket
sales windows |
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| Dunedin Law Courts
- beautiful if you're on the outside! |
First Church |
Ferns - a suitable
NZ cast iron emblem |
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Rusty wrought-iron
fences are a feature of Northern Cemetary
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William Larnach's
tomb in Northern Cemetery - a copy of First Church.
(Also designed by his Larnach Castle
Architect - See the middle picture 2 rows up) |
Dunedin
from Otago Peninsula road & looking towards Tairoa
Head (from the same spot) |
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| Tunnel
Beach, by St Clair |
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| Mount
Cargill walk |
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| Cathedral Rocks |
Dunedin &
port from Mount Cargill - in the rain & sleet! |
The sheltered
harbour leading to Dunedin Port |
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| Baldwin
Street, Dunedin. The steepest street in the world -
1 in 2.86 in parts! |
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| Signal
Hill Viewpoint above the College |
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| A
piece of Edinburgh Castle Rock at the Signal Hill
Viewpoint above Dunedin celebrates Scottish ties to
the city
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Two bronzes commemorate
100 years ... |
The Railway Station
& Octagon area |
... of British
sovereignty (1840 - 1940). |
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| Larnach
Castle |
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| Built by William
Larnach in 1871 |
Rooftop view to
the end of Otago Peninsula |
Garden at Larnach
Castle |
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| Yellow
Eyed Penguins |
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On the way : Fishing
huts |
Protected outer harbour |
Shags |
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Yellow Eyed Penguin
resting |
Just returned from
sea |
2 young being fed
in "private" |
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| St
Clair Beach |
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| The
beach at St Clair: ideal day for Hang-Gliders as well
as surfers
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| The
Settlers Museum |
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| Early settlers'
pictures |
Super
posters from 2 wars
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Berth for 2 dozen
folk emigrating |
Dunedin tram |
A steam engine facing
both ways! |
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