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Postcards from the Transition

Postcards from the Transition.

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Tag: Dunedin

Cruises, MS Amsterdam Grand World Voyage, 20181 Comment

Taieri Gorge Railroad.

February 8, 2018February 8, 2018 Rich McClear

My main goal in Dunedin was to ride the Taieri Gorge Railroad.  The narrow gauge line was built from Dunedin to the gold fields at Cromwell.  It carried supplies to the gold fields an on the back haul brought agricultural … Continue reading Taieri Gorge Railroad.

Cruises, MS Amsterdam Grand World Voyage, 20181 Comment

A Railway Station and its city – Dunedin

February 8, 2018February 8, 2018 Rich McClear

Dunedin (Edinburgh in Gaelic) is a university city.  We arrived on Waitangi Day, New Zealand’s National Day.   The University of Otago would get underway seriously the next day.  It was built as a “little Scotland” by immigrants but it grew … Continue reading A Railway Station and its city – Dunedin

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Albatross, Penguins and Timber, Otago Bay, South Island.

February 8, 2018February 8, 2018 Rich McClear

Dunedin, on New Zealand’s south island, is Garlic for Edinburgh and when we sailed into Otago Bay, on which Dunedin and its seaport Port Chalmers are located we could see a similarity with Scotland.  One of the main exports from … Continue reading Albatross, Penguins and Timber, Otago Bay, South Island.

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