Es hat geschneit! Es hat geschneit!

What looks like light snowing for an Austrian, is actually a once-in-10-years event here in Dunedin! We wanted to see some things at the Peninsula that day so we didn't stay home and worked our way through the snow. We visited Larnach castle (NZ's only castle), the Aquarium in Portobello and went on a boat trip to see Albatrosses!
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Port Chalmers

After we had already visited the Otago Peninsula a few times, we chose to go the sea on the other side of the bay this time. A big containership was just about to come into Port Chalmers!
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Winter Festival in Queenstown

When we went to Queenstown for its "Winter Festival" we were expecting something like a Ski Opening, or a "Winterparty" in the adrenaline capital. It turned out to be a rather quiet weekend - and snow strictly restricted to the (just open) slopes. Was nice anyway, and as NZ is quite small apparantly, we met some of Jürgen's colleagues from the winery.
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What to do in Dunedin?!?

That we are not getting bored here in Dunedin, we try to visit what the city offers! Here two quite different experiences:

Jane Goodall, the world famous Chimpanzee researcher, visited Otago University. We went to her lecture and were fascinated by her stories and ideas.
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Dunedin celebrates Midwinter ("Wintersonnenwende") with a big lantern parade. School kids and clubs made lanterns themselves. This year the theme was "creatures of the night"
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Old and new houses ...

Before we moved out of our old house, our flatmate Steve cooked for us.
Steve cooking

Early July we moved to our new home - that's what it looks like! We find it pretty - but sooooo cold!!
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Taieri Gorge Railway - Ausflug mit dem Pimperlzug!

NZ does not have too many trains, and those are really slow. We took the Taieri Gorge Railway out of Dunedin. It goes along the Taieri river, through a very sparse landscape - a very special beauty.

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St Kilda Beach

One of Dunedin's biggest beaches is St. Kilda's - and its very nice there for a walk!

St Kilda 1
St Kilda 2