Having arrived in the darkness of night we awoke to discover that we had parked the Mighty above a lovely beach and fortunately not too close to the cliff edge.

After a walk we set off for Dunedin calling in at the Moeraki Boulders. The Lonely Planet says that these should be seen at low water.

We arrived half an hour after high water! However the boulders were there to be seen, some above the high water mark 

and some emerging in the shallows of the receding tide.

some were in the process of breaking up

The stones have not been swept in from out at sea but have come from the eroding limestone cliffs behind. Apparently there are many more boulders to emerge.

Then on to Dunedin where having consulted the Information Office we parked in an all day car park to give us plenty of time to have a good look around.

it did have an interesting harbour approach

We left two hours later!

That is not say we did not like the City but having visited the railway station

the station floor having been made by Royal Doulton

and the Art Centre, mainly modern art with a few old masters (no photographs allowed!)

and the Cathedral

there was not much left to see or do other than to go and visit the World’s steepest residential street (according to the Guinness Book of Records) at just under 1 in 2.86 (19 degrees). We were told that it would be inadvisable to take the Mighty up or down it so that was off the agenda, much to Helen’s relief.

We then set off to the Otago Peninsula in search of the albatross.