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…Benmore and Lake Waitaki offer visitors great camping, boating, fishing and water skiing opportunities. * Moeraki Boulders – Situated 40 kilometres south of Oamaru, the famous boulders are over 65 million years old and according to Maori tradition are gourds and calabashes (traditional Maori…
…»Scenic Highlights »Scenic Views »Moeraki Boulders The Famous Moeraki boulders Marvellously huge marbles all over the beach. Moeraki Boulders, Oamaru Photographer: Hiroshi Nameda (hnamechan@hotmail.com) The famous Moeraki Boulders lie scattered along Koekohe Beach, 40 kilometres…
…striking Edwardian and Victorian architecture. It is also one of the country's largest university centres. We suggest a visit to the unique Moeraki Boulder Beach en route. Stay: Dunedin (2 nights) DAY 3 - Dunedin This morning is free to explore the city. We suggest a visit to historic Olveston House…
…spectacular section of coastal railway line between Dunedin and Oamaru (or optional drop off at Moeraki boulders). Operates on frequent days throughout the year. There is also a 90 minute highlight tour on regular basis in summer. Delightful and scenic rail highlight in New Zealand â not to be…
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…The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. * Moeraki Boulders, Otago - The Moeraki Boulders are a group of very large spherical "stones" on Koekohe Beach near Moeraki on New Zealand's Otago coast. These boulders are concretions that have been exposed through shoreline erosion…
…Coromandel Travel Directory * Moeraki Boulders – 30km south of Oamaru on the South Island's south-east coast, the Moeraki Boulders make a popular stop-off for photographers. These spherical mudstone boulders are written into Maori legend. » Moeraki Travel Directory * Napier –…
…Beach The famous Moeraki Boulders lie scattered along a beach 40 kilometres south of Oamaru. According to Maori legend, the boulders are gourds washed from the great voyaging canoe Araiteuru when it was wrecked upon landfall in New Zealand some 1,000 years ago. Moeraki Boulders, Oamaru Photographer:…
…spectacular section of coastal railway line between Dunedin and Oamaru (or optional drop off at Moeraki boulders). Operates on frequent days throughout the year. There is also a 90 minute highlight tour on regular basis in summer. Delightful and scenic rail highlight in New Zealand – not to be…
…readers know about them. Send details of your experiences to the newsletter editor. New Zealand Fast Facts Just as popular as the more southerly Moeraki Boulders in New Zealand's South Island, the Split Apple Rock is a geological rock formation in the Tasman Bay. Made of granite, it is – as the name…
…Dunedin Taiaroa Head on the Otago Peninsula is home to the only mainland breeding colony of Royal albatross in the world. Moeraki Boulders - Dunedin The famous Moeraki boulders lie scattered along a beach 40 kilometres south of Oamaru. Mount Hikurangi - Eastland Mount Hikurangi is the first point on…
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