Dunedin
Growing up
Dunedin was a great city to grow up in. The area has a huge peninsula (The Otage Peninsula) branching out from the main city. This is where my mother grew up, with a country lifestyle that seems as far from any city as possible. Due to this I had many family members who still lived here growing up and spent my weekends as a child climbing hills, riding horses, building huts, pottering around in the harbour and many other fun things.
Dunedin also has a decent beach and I spent many a summer there and in the hot salt water pool in St Clair and at the famous Moana pool.
School and Nightlife
I went to Concord Primary, Kenmure Intermediate and Otago Girls High School and loved them all. School was so fun because there was so many cool places close to go on camps etc such as skiing, Central Otago, Christchurch lakes and seashore alike.
Dunedin is famous for it's University and people from all over the world come to the city to attend. This is the reason why the city has a great nightlife and you can always find a party. North Dunedin is "Scarfie" central and is covered in old run down huge houses in the form of student flats.
Wildlife and Things to see
The royal Albatross colony
Yellow eyed Pengiuns Place
Larnach Castle
Olverston
Cadbury's Chocolate Factory
Tairi Gorge Railway
Haggis Ceremony
St Clair & St Kilda Beaches
You can go on a guided tour or on your own up the hill to the viewing shed and see these birds and their chics up close.
The Albatross centre is the base where the tour starts and is filled with interesting information about the Albatross and the surrounding area.
All my friends and I would go and stand in the Terrace with all the students and yell,drink and really enjoy the game and atmosphere.
They won most times and all the fans would then walk into town and always have an awesome night.
The ground's capacity is around 35,000,
Equipment: Money as the cans of Speights are dear,
Warm cloths as it can be really chilly,
An empty bladder, as the toilets ar far away and usually full!
Now many people take the short but steep walk down to the beach and the amasing cliffs formed by the erosion from the sea.
My mother used to take me here as it was near our house, I used to complain about the steep walk up the hill but always enjoyed it.
head to Concord and up the hill to Bkackhead Road and follow the signs.
