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Palmerston |
| Palmerston - Otago - 0.4km. |
| A small town serving the surrounding farming district. It was important during the goldrushes. |
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Puketapu |
| Palmerston - Otago - 0.9km. |
| This prominent volcanic cone,represents the slave-girl Puketapu from the wrecked ancient canoe, Araiteuru, sent to get fire-wood by her shipmates and turned to stone for failing to return before dawn.... |
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Shag Point (Matakaea) |
| Palmerston - Otago - 8.8km. |
| Shag Point (Matakaea) has a place in Maori tradition. It is worth a short detour for the exhilaration of standing on a wind-swept, sculptured rock point, home to wildlife. Shag Point is part of a 60 h... |
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Trotters Gorge |
| Hillgrove - Otago - 11.1km. |
| A wonderful picnic spot, surrounded by trees and limestone cliffs. Walk through the bush and enjoy the birdsong. |
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Waikouaiti |
| Waikouaiti - Otago - 12.6km. |
| One of New Zealand's most colourful early settlers put this village on the map. It has a lovely beach and a lagoon noted for its wildlife. |
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St John's Anglican Church |
| Waikouaiti - Otago - 13.8km. |
| Wooden neo-gothic St John's was the first Church built in Otago. Financed by Jonny Jones, it was opened in 1858. The commission for its design gave impetus to the the faltering career of Benjamin Moun... |
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Moeraki |
| Moeraki - Otago - 17.1km. |
| A photogenic fishing village with an interesting history and wildlife.
Moeraki holds the distinction of being the first European settlement in the South Island. But Moeraki's first inhabitants were t... |
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Karitane |
| Karitane - Otago - 17.4km. |
| A very attractive seaside resort with superb coastal views, significant Maori and European history and interesting geological features. Karitane has three breaks for surfing. |
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Moeraki Boulders |
| Hampden - Otago - 17.6km. |
| Geological curiosities which became subjects of Maori legend.
This says the boulders are gourds washed from the great voyaging canoe, Araiteuru, when it was wrecked upon landfall in New Zealand some ... |
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Fleur's Place Restaurant |
| Moeraki - Otago - 17.9km. |
| Seafood meals with fresh components are the order of the day in this fine restaurant in an idyllic setting in a converted fishing shack. It could be wise to book. |
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Seacliff |
| Seacliff - Otago - 22.6km. |
| Of historical significance as the site of an early hospital. The view from the clifftop is magnificent. |
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Macraes Flat |
| Macraes Flat - Otago - 25.8km. |
| A farming area steeped in gold. Here you can trace goldmining history and see an up-to-the minute mine at work. |
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Waianakarua Bridge |
| Herbert - Otago - 26.3km. |
| Twin arched and constructed of limestone, this is one of the oldest bridges still in use on a main highway. Best viewed from the grounds of the adjacent Mill house. The engineer was John Turnbull Thom... |
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Warrington |
| Warrington - Otago - 26.7km. |
| A sleepy coastal village, popular with Otago holidaymakers. A beautiful beach and a colonial church worth visiting. |
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Golden Point |
| Macraes Flat - Otago - 27.6km. |
| The Golden Point Historic Reserve preserves the manager's house and three sod cottages used by miners, as well as the machinery of mining,
Several times a year a restored stamper battery is operate... |
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Longbeach |
| Purakaunui - Otago - 29.9km. |
| Longbeach is Dunedin's most popular climbing location. It offers a wide variety of grades, from the classic beginner climb 'Aleisha'. to test pieces like the famous 'Crime and Punishment'. This area h... |
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Aramoana Spit |
| Aramoana - Otago - 31.7km. |
| Surfing: Good beach break for surfing or bodyboarding.
Spit Beach is a safe, popular beach, memorable for its stunning scenery. Spit Beach is also a constant resort for a small number of the yellow-e... |
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Royal Albatross Breeding Colony |
| Harington Point - Otago - 31.8km. |
| The Royal Albatross Colony at Taiaroa Head, on the tip of the Otago Peninsula, is the only mainland breeding colony of albatross in the world. The Royal Albatross Centre is open daily all year except ... |
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Fort Taiaroa |
| Harington Point - Otago - 31.9km. |
| From the Royal Albatross Centre take a tour of historic Fort Tairoa. The principal attraction is a restored Armstrong Disappearing Gun which was tested in its present location in June 1889. There are ... |
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Aramoana |
| Aramoana - Otago - 32.3km. |
| Aramoana: Once the focus of a bitter confrontation between environmentalists and development interests over the siting of a proposed aluminium smelter and the scene of a mass murder, Aramoana is today... |
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Orokonui Ecosanctuary |
| Mihiwaka - Otago - 33.4km. |
| 20 minutes north of Dunedin you will find the newly opened 307 hectare Orokonui Eco-sanctuary, modelled on that at Kaori. It is home to some fascinating and rare wildlife including kaka, jewelled geck... |
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Mihiwaka |
| Mihiwaka - Otago - 34.5km. |
| This rock climbing cliff is reached by way of a pleasant walk through forest, filled with fantails. The climbing is exclusively traditional and mostly of the easier grades. From the top of the cliff (... |
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Otakou Marae |
| Otakou - Otago - 35km. |
| The Otakou Marae is a reminder of the country’s long Maori history. There was a settlement there in the 1831, when the Weller Brothers’ whaling station was established nearby. Today there is a carved ... |
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Kuriheka |
| Herbert - Otago - 36.4km. |
| In 1885 J.C. Nichols took up the Kuriheka Estate in North Otago. Over the next few years he constructed a fine homestead and remarkable group of farm buildings, using the local limestone. The stables ... |
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Scott Expedition Memorial |
| Port Chalmers - Otago - 36.9km. |
| Positioned to overlook the Harbour from which their expedition sailed in the Terra Nova to Antarctica in November 1910, this monument is a memorial to Captain Scott and his four companions who lost th... |
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Port Chalmers |
| Port Chalmers - Otago - 37.2km. |
| Dunedin's Historic port town has a number of attractions which justify a visit, including a small museum with a comprehensive maritime collection. There are several historic churches and a memorial to... |
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Iona Church |
| Port Chalmers - Otago - 37.2km. |
| Occupying a prominent position overlooking the container terminal Iona Church is a distinctive feature of the Port Chalmers landscape.
N Y A Wales designed the first part of the present stone buil... |
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Clark's Flour Mill |
| Reidston - Otago - 38km. |
| Flour was produced in the fine, upstanding limestone building of Clark’s Mill from 1867 until 1977. Now restored by the Historic Places Trust, with its machinery conserved in working order, the mill i... |
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Portobello Marine Studies Centre |
| Otakou - Otago - 38.4km. |
| Originally established as a fish hatchery on 1904 the Portobello Marine Laboratory is now a marine research facility. The associated aquarium is open daily. At certain times children can help feed the... |
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Herewaka Garden Retreat |
| Broad Bay - Otago - 40.7km. |
| Sited on the Otago Peninsula in easy reach of Larnach Castle and the Royal Albatross Centre, Hereweka Garden Retreat offers self contained, architecturally-eco designed boutique accommodation in the r... |
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Vintage books of Dunedin |
| Broad Bay - Otago - 40.9km. |
| Vintage Books deal in out-of-print and rare books, specialising in New Zealand books.
Although they are an Internet based store, appointments can be made to view.
Ph (03) 478 0448 or Mobile 021 ... |
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Totara Estate |
| Alma - Otago - 41.8km. |
| This set of limestone buildings, now restored , is where sheep were processed for the first exports of frozen meat from New Zealand in 1882.
The buildings now contain displays on the history of the m... |
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Larnach Castle |
| Pukehiki - Otago - 42.2km. |
| Not a real castle but a great house in a rural setting, built for a wealthy 19th century importer and politician, William Larnach, who took his life in Parliament House in 1898. Larnach Castle was bui... |
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Sandymount Lime Kilns |
| Sandymount - Otago - 42.9km. |
| In the nineteenth century, lime burning was an important local industry in many areas, producing burnt lime as a fertiliser and a raw material for plaster. The Sandymount lime kiln, built in 1865, is... |
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