Walking around Oamaru with its whole streets of white limestone buildings fronted with vintage-styled shop signs, really makes you feel like you’re in the 19th century. That’s on a day whe

The little blue penguin/Victorian era/steampunk capital of New Zealand is the next stop on New Zealand’s Biggest Gap Year! It can be no other than Oamaru! Now, we’ve seen a lot of towns th

Are we in New Zealand or are we in Europe? This is what it feels like when wandering the streets of Dunedin. Of course, we have been spending our last few days in Dunedin seeing some rare wildlife and

Dunedin might be a city but it is surrounded by some amazing forces of nature. Already, we have seen Dunedin’s wild side on a tour of the Otago Peninsula spotting yellow-eyed penguins, sea lions

Right on the end of the Otago Peninsula, at a place called Taiaroa Head, is the world’s only mainland royal albatross colony. We’ve seen these larger than large seabirds gliding around Tai

Update: Dunedin Railways is not currently operating. Train aficionados, rejoice! There’s a scenic and historic rail journey starting in the heart of Dunedin and taking train buffs and avid sight

Dayym, the south of New Zealand really knows how to do museums! Far from your dusty old museum of bad mannequins, the Otago Museum is going to be another southern regional museum that blows us away. A

The waters of Dunedin are rich with marine life and some of the world’s largest and rarest seabirds thanks to the cold and rough southern waters. Today, we are hitting the water to watch sea lio

Update: Cadbury World is not currently operating. Mmm, choc-o-lateeeeee. New Zealand supermarkets always have a wealthy stock of chocolate blocks with more flavours than you can deal with. Trust us. O

“Penguins 16km”. This is the sort of sign we wish we saw on every road! There’s also “Albatross 22km”, “Seal Lions 24km”… We can only be going to one pl