Travelling Light: 28th

On 28th March we left Kaka Point and drove to Dunedin. We followed the Southern Scenic Highway, and the second half of the drive was alongside a beautiful coastline through Taieri Mouth and Brighton.
On arrival in Dunedin we decided to head for the Otago Peninsula to try to find a motel with a sea view (we got spoiled by the wonderful view we had at Kaka Point). But we felt the peninsula was too far out of town so we did an about turn and headed back to the city. We found a nice motel, Tourist Court Cottages, and we are in a very modern unit and have great hosts who even do the washing up for us!
Today, 29th March we took the trip on the Taieri Gorge Railway, a unique half day train journey from Dunedin to Pukerangi and return which offers some of the most spectacular scenery in New Zealand. This scenic journey had been recommended to us by several people and they were not wrong.

It was spectacular. We followed the Taieri River looking down to it in a deep gorge. With the sun shining on it, it was like a silver ribbon deep below us.

We went over the Wingatui Viaduct, 197m long and 47m high and is one of the largest wrought iron structures in the Southern Hemisphere

On return the lure of a visit to the Dunedin Cadbury World was too great. With the offer of loads of free chocolate we felt we just couldn't miss out. But the visit was disappointing. We were hoping to actually see the chocolate making process in operation but because of strict H&S rules we didn't see anything of the production lines at all, just presentations on various DVD's along the way. But we did leave with a bag full of goodies!
Next to Cadbury World was the Chinese Garden. We passed it on the train and it looked lovely. It was:

Our final visit of the day was to Baldwin Street which, according to The Guinness Book of Records, is the steepest in the world. Terry would not let me drive to the top but made me walk up. Believe me, it was very steep