We'd been to Dunedin before, in exactly the same circumstances--to catch a trip's-end flight--and, in the limited time we had on March 20th, we wanted to replicate our previous major Dunedin experience, namely, a visit to Speight's Brewery. Alas, though we knew it was a holiday, Otago Day, it did not occur to us that the brewery might be closed. The brewery, FCS?! Yes, it was closed, as was pretty much everything else except a few saloons and milk stores. Apparently New Zealanders take their state (province, county, whatever) holidays very seriously. We still had a few hours to kill, and so did a bit of a walking tour, many of the results of which will appear in the out-takes.
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| City hall, from the Octagon |
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| Anglican cathedral, ditto |
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| Robbie Burns and feathered friend, ditto again |
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Wouldn't you know? Dunedin does a festival and
a fringe, just like it's namesake back in Scotland |
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Alas, again, there were no events until after our
plane left |
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Somehow the Robert Burns statue with the bird on top seems appropriate.
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