This was a long day on a bus, broken up by a couple interesting stops. We stopped for lunch in Oamaru, which had a steampunk museum close to our restaurant. With over an hour to explore, Sandy really wanted to go there because it was a special interest of her husband's and she was hoping to find a place for one of his marbles. I have read a steampunk novel or two, but was not quite ready for what we found. It was both bizarre and fascinating and Sandy found a way to leave one of Herbert's marbles in a train engine.
We had some time left and looked at a couple shops and I found some interesting chocolates to try. I doubt they will make it back home.
Our next stop on the way was the Moeraki Boulders. These rocks are accretions that are at least 4 million years old and very round. They are visible on a beach at low tide, and we were lucky to arrive at a very low point. It was really odd seeing all this forms just lying around on the beach. Of course there was a gift shop and I found something to bring home.
Dunedin (pronounced dun-E-din) is supposedly home to the steepest street in the world, a hair steeper than the 2 steepest streets in San Francisco: Lombard and Potrero. It is name Baldwin, which coincidentally is the name of the street I lived on for my first 4+ year of life. I looked and walked part way up, but have climbed enough steep streets in the last 26 year to not need to climb this one.
Our hotel for the next 2 nights is a former post office and quite nice. Tomorrow, we will explore Dunedin and its Scottish connections.
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