Bring a picnic and your beloved and enjoy a romantic sunset. Budget: Does the Oamaru Backpackers have one of the best views in town? Quite possibly. There are a range of modern and clean single and shared rooms overlooking Oamaru Harbour and the Historic Precinct. Best of all is the location — five minutes walk to the CBD.
Then check into Teschemakers Resort, 19 studios and two and three-room apartments set in this beautifully renovated accommodation 10 minutes south of Oamaru. Biking route The Cape offers steeper terrain with 8km of interconnecting tracks to explore in a compact area.
There are climbing tracks with good gradients to get to the two high points. A spectacular walk taking you up to the aptly named Lookout Point, here you can look over the harbour and out to the Pacific Ocean. This walk is steep going up and can be slippery after rain, alternatively, drive to Lookout Point and take a walk on the track around the Cape and visit a former gun emplacement.
It was built as part of Totara Estate in Embark on a Geo Degustation and savour the tastes of the region with their dishes made with fresh local produce. This wetland lagoon is an important habitat for many wetland bird species and is recognised as an area of Natural Significance in this Karst landscape.
Head south. Designed by Dunedin architect Robert Lawson in , the building forms a handsome pair in limestone with its equally imposing neighbour, the National Bank. Both have luxuriant acanthus leaves. Kakanui is famous for its stunning sunflowers field. This field has played host to many a photographer and film crew over the years.
Another feature is the Wonderland Statue donated to the children of Oamaru in by Robert Milligan, the statue is located in the Wonderland Garden. The summer house or conservatory is a popular place for romance.
Look for original garden objects such as a sundial, croquet lawns and a wishing well. Our favourite is the peacock house. We can visualise those feathers in the ornate Victorian hats.
Penguins visit the Blue Penguin Colony. The Oamaru penguin colony has seating set up around the nesting site. You are welcome to watch the penguins return from the sea in groups with the setting sun. Wind-sheared scrub, dominated by hebe, ngaio, mahoe and broadleaf, clings to the cliffs and shelters penguins, other seabirds and a variety of insects. A unique flora and fauna exists here — a number of native plants and insects are at either their southern or northern geographical limit.
Adult penguins return to feed their young at any time of the day. You can also regularly see New Zealand fur seals, with New Zealand sea lions and elephant seals occasional visitors to the beach. No dogs are allowed in the reserve. Keep at least 20 m distance from marine wildlife. Follow a minute zig-zag track to the top of a cliff with some great viewing of a seal colony on the rocks below.
Continue onwards to a viewing hide where you can watch yellow-eyed penguins on the beach usually between 3pm and 9am. Yellow-eyed penguins swim as far as 50 kilometres off-shore and dive up to metres for their food which they find mainly near the seabed.
Supporting wildlife viewing means at least 4 metres from the wildlife and respecting their space. New Zealand author is a book buffs must do destination with your trip organised around opening hours.
Remember to check beforehand. The Waitaki Museum collects artefacts and objects that tell the natural, cultural, agricultural and industrial stories of the Waitaki District: from early Maori occupation around the Waitaki River mouth, European settlement by whalers and run holders through to the discovery of gold and the wool and meat industries which led to the development of Oamaru as a significant port town.
The Vanished World at Duntroon is fascinating geological sites and includes a visit to the well known Elephant Rocks. The self -guided Trail spans coastal localities from Moeraki to Oamaru and extends inland through the Waitaki Valley. The Trail has more than 20 sites related to landforms, distinctive rocks, minerals, and fossils. Vanished World localities range from Waianakarua to Oamaru on the coast, and inland to Duntroon.
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