Home of New Zealand's first university, Dunedin remains a student town. Kick off your night with a Speights Brewery Tour, then find out why the Captain Cook tavern is legendary. Outside of the town centre, look for penguins and albatross, and the surprisingly spherical Moreaki Boulders.
Walk around the University area and check out the famous Dunedin student flats.
Drive/walk the steepest street in NZ – Baldwin Street. Take a bike with you and see if you can beat the GOOT Challenge record (fastest time to ride to the top).
Head to the legendary Captain Cook pub for a Speights mate.
Drive around the famous Octagon.
Check out St Clairs beach.
Explore the Otago peninsular and look out for penguins and albatross’. The walk to the Chasm and Lover’s leap is good.
Definitely go to the Speights Brewery. Worth a visit! and make sure to go with someone who can play the piano if you want to drink for an extra amount of time
We got up at 4:30 in the morning to drive up to Oamaru and see penguins because you have to go in when they’re sleeping because they only come out of the water before and after they sleep. The sun rose at like 6:45. We heard them they were so loud and we saw them scramble around and back into the water. They were all sleeping in different places so we sat on these rocks and you could hear them all around you and they came out. There was a huge bunch of them in the bush next to us. It was cool.
Posted 2009-05-28 10:32:43
4. Speights Tour cheery and fun! Hector Dimaunahan (BU), Unregistered
We did the Speights tour in Dunedin and it was great. Our guide was cheerful and we got 25 minutes of free beer at the end. We also got to taste malt ice cream. The good buzz was worth it.
Posted 2009-05-28 10:19:38
3. Cadbury Tour disappointing Geetali Chitre (BU), Unregistered
Five pieces of chocolate and a lackluster guide was not worth the $20 for the Cadbury tour in Dunedin.
Posted 2009-05-28 10:18:09
2. Moeraki Boulders Nick Cohn (BU), Unregistered
The Moeraki Boulders are my number one thing on the South Island. They’re cool, and it’s a really nice beach.
Posted 2009-05-28 09:52:35
1. Dunedin and Otago Geetali Chitre (BU), Unregistered
Dunedin was awesome. We stayed on the Otago peninsula which was awesome because we saw penguins and sea lions. We stayed at a farmers backpackers and it broke up our drive to Christchurch.
