Dunedin, New Zealand
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Friday, March 11, 2005 we arrived in
Dunedin
in early afternoon. The city was settled in 1848 by Scottish
immigrants and has become know as the "Edinburgh of the South". |
Above left and below are similar views from our
hotel window at different times of day. The spire of the
The First Presbyterian Church of Otago stands tall on the left. Just
beneath the far ridge of hills is
Otago Harbour.
Dunedin
is the second largest city on the south island of
New Zealand.
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Closer views of
The First Presbyterian Church of Otago are at left and below.
Both photographs are actually multiple images stitched together due
to the inability to get the entire structure into the frame from
where we were standing. It was overcast on our first day in
Dunedin.
The surreal effect in some of the images on this page are created by
replacing the dark clouds with images of a brighter
New Zealand sky taken on
a different day.
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The Octagon is the "center" of the city embraced on all sides by
powerful and intricate architecture.
St. Paul's
Anglican Cathedral is one such structure.
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As if guarding the front steps of
St. Paul's
Anglican Cathedral, a statue of the poet, Robert Burns stands in the park
before it. The
Dunedin
statue was unveiled in 1887; seven years after the original by Sir
John Robert Steell, a Victorian sculptor, was unveiled in New York
City.
Dunedin
was founded by Rev. Dr. Thomas Burns, son a Gilbert Burns.
Rev. Burns was a nephew of the poet.
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A larger-than-life chess board adorns one edge of the park in the
Dunedin
Octagon.
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The
Dunedin Railway Station was first opened in 1906. The
architect was Mr. George A Troup, who had earned the nickname of
'Gingerbread George' for his style of design.
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Not far from
Dunedin's
city center is
Cadbury World. Taking a tour of this delectable facility
is one of the options offered by the
APT tour. Due to
the short time we had in the city, most of us chose other appealing
attractions to visit.
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