A visit to Dunedin, New Zealand finds wildlife, architecture and gardens

The Otago coast on the South Island of New Zealand stretches from the Waitaki River north of Oamaru to the mighty Clutha River to the south. Dunedin, Otago’s largest city, means Edinburgh in Gaelic, so you know that Scottish immigrants settled this town.

A lovely university town, Dunedin has some of the best-preserved Victorian and Georgian architecture in the Southern Hemisphere. The most impressive building in town is the railway station. Another outstanding landmark is the First Church of Otego in the city center, built in l873. It is the first church I have ever been in that has an umbrella stand at the end of each pew.