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After the Catlins was the town of Dunedin, which thinks it is Scottish.Dunedin is Celtic for Edinburgh, there is a statue of Robbie Burns in the square, the public buildings are straight from prosperous Boarder towns and they even have tramps drinking Special Brew in the street and shouting at imaginary friends.Again it was very wet and the combination of the architecture and weather did not give the impression that, as voted last year, it was the most beautiful town in NZ (as voted for by the people of Dunedin perhaps).It reminded me of places like Peniculk or Dalkieth - not good.Still, we did enjoy a very nice trip on an old railway, our only railway adventure in NZ and the weather did perk up.Dunedin also boasts the steepest street in the world (1:1.26).Fantastic!
We endured two nights in another site that resembled a 60's holiday camp but did have a free, bookable hot spa which allowed Jodie and I to thaw out at the end of a cold day.It also had three generations of one Aussie family, (6 adults and 3 kids) traveling together in one van and all staying in one room when they got to campsites.The parents of the kids had that very hands off method of parenting that works so very well.Of course it only works well for the parents as they get to ignore the kids; for every other adult in a 100m radius who has to put up with shouting, screaming whingeing kids this method is considered less successful.
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