Position 45 50.630S 170 39.140E

Dunedin was heaving so we stocked up with food and went onto the Otago Peninsula and booked into a small campsite in Portobello.  This was also almost fully booked.  We got the second to last site.  Then went for a short walk to a Marine Station on Portobello Peninsula.  Closed due to earthquake damage.

The Otago peninsula was once over a geological hotspot and the centre of a shield volcano 13 million years ago.  The Otago harbour was created when sea level rose several thousands of years ago and flooded a valley.  Looking back towards Dunedin and out to sea.

The marine station.  There is an island directly behind the far building – St Martin’s or Quarantine Island, which was a quarantine station for immigrants arriving by sea between 1860 and 1920s, where guess what.  Beyond that is another island (Goat Island) – where the land rises slightly, and then the mainland with Dunedin to the left (out of picture).

Looking back towards Portobello.

Eating fish and chips…

Are we becoming obsessed with sheep?