Oamaru - Dunedin
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Oamaru
Developed as a thriving port and commercial town in the late 1800s there are a large collection of neoclassical Whitestonebuildings around the town.
Harbour and Tyne Historic PrecinctToday there are restaurants and shops in the fine old Victorian Whitestone buildings.
Penguin watching2 penguin nesting sites are close by the city centre. It is told that the penguins sometimes get confused about the way and walk straight into the city centre. The Blue Penguins are the smallest penguins in the world and waddle ashore each night at the harbour where a viewing terrace was build to watch the event around sunset.
The place to see Yellow Eyed Penguins is at Bushy Beach, a 5 minutes drive south of city centre.
Whitestone Cheese Factorytext
LookoutTamar St
Endless Coastline
North Otago Museum
60 Thames Street
For the history of the region.
9 Thames Street
The art museum of Waitaki District
A nice park with a Japanese red bridge and Chinese gardens.
Totara Estate
8 km south of Oamaru
Moeraki Boulders
Giant round stones formed millions of years ago.
They consist mainly of carbonate of lime, silica, aluminia and peroxide of iron. The round shape depends on the process of origin. A central core of lime crystals consolidate the ingredients from the adjacent soil.
According to a Maori legend, the boulders are food baskets washed ashore after the canoe Arai-ti-uru wrecked on a journey south.
Shag Point
Yello-Eyed Penguins, NZ Fur Seals
