OUR OAMARU HOUSESIT

Our house for a month. Note the blossom on the trees.

Number 11

Path up to gate, garage is on road frontage to right.

Main entrance.

View from bottom of section.

View from our room, Town Hall clock & St Lukes Steeple can be seen.

The first room you enter is where the owner plies her trade as a hatmaker. Raewyn has been using it to do her quilting.

Kitchen

Dining looking into lounge.

Christchurch guests.

Dining room, note Thomas the cat!

Lounge

Upstairs to bathroom

Our Room

Master Bedroom

3rd Bedroom

A MONTH IN OAMARU (Part One)

Cantabrian visitors prepare to take on Otago territory.

The Cantabrians are the ones looking apprehensive.

Graves Track

Home for dozens of Spotted Shags.

Nest building Spotted Shags.

Spotted Shag

Winter sun over the port breakwater.

Historic precinct, Oamaru

Oamaru Port

Elevator went from ground to top (3rd) floor.

Wool & Grain Store

Wool & Grain Store

Whisky Bar & Cafe in the old Wool & Grain Store.

St Luke's Anglican Church from the top floor of the Wool & Grain Store.

The top (3rd) floor of the old Wool & Grain store.

Missy's Dream

A very appropriate mode of transport.

Coffee break with two very welcome weekend visitors from Christchurch. Their Red Cross parcels are top rate!

Union Bank of Australia

Looking North down the West side of Thames St.

Bank of New South Wales

Thames St Bridge. Was the widest bridge in the Southern Hemisphere until the Sydney Harbour Bridge was built.

Criterion Hotel

An Oamaru investment (perhaps). The grey house with its white chimney directly below the needle tree on the horizon.

ON THE ROAD TO OAMARU

Bye bye Queenstown.

Dawn at Lake Dunstan.

Parked up at the Clay Cliffs, Twizel is to the left of picture.

Clay Cliffs, Omarama

The entrance through the chasm.

In the chasm.

Through the chasm

A touch of sun at the top.

Wall texture

Close up of wall texture.

Dwarfed by it all.

Frozen ford as we leave the Clay Cliffs

Overnight stop looking up from the shores of Lake Pukaki. It was like being on a boat here as the "Truck" rocked all night due to big winds.

Lunch stop just east of Fairlie. The beer bottle made a handy prop?



We stayed the last night on the road at Timaru at the local RSA (by the tree) which is a designated POP stop for NZMCA members before moving on to our final destination of Oamaru.

QT FRIENDS

A kiss for Ken

"Stan the Man" & best little buddy Dylan

Auckland friends, Val & Bob