As everything is ready for the ski season at Mt Dobson, there is no more work for me until the actual start of skiing.. And for that I need to wait for some snowing to happen.. So meanwhile I took off from Fairlie to take a break from my loneliness and head over back to the buzzy Queenstown. I did take a bit longer road around the South to see some places I haven't seen yet:
Oamaru - nice little town with one particularly nice part - old industrial part of the port recreated to galleries and cafes.
Steampunk HQ - bizarre gallery full of skulls
Moeraki boulders - strange perfectly shaped boulders at one beach - the creation process was described similarly to the creation of pearls.
Dunedin - 2nd largest city on South Island. On picture - main square. No idea who Robert Burns was, but the seagulls don't seem to like him :)
Dunedin railway station again - totally empty. Railway transport is not really big in NZ. Actually there are only 2 railways here. And in comparison with bus transport, the trains are unbelievably expensive.
At Baldwin street - world's steepest street
No exit, no turning. How the fuck am I supposed to get out of there then??
I sold my surfboard in Dunedin. Ironically next day after that I went to the surf beach with some surfing going on... But even if I had the board I would definitely not get in - the water is freezing cold!
Nugget point in the Catlins - beautiful coastal - forest - farm area in the south
Fishermen coming back home on sunset in the Catlins.
Little loud bird in the bay
Bluff - South of the South. The point where the road ends... That means I have done it all. From Cape Reinga to Bluff. 1400 kms. Still some places to see and some things to experience left though..
So now I'm back to Queenstown for few days/weeks?? God knows. Basically I'm just waiting for my boss to call me to come back after there is enough snow to open the ski season at Mt Dobson. Until then I will mainly be here and enjoy the fact that there are some people around me here :)) I might as well go skiing for the first time here as I already bought the ski equipment :)
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