Dunedin

On November 22nd, anxious to get out of Invercargill we set out in search of Dunedin. Dunedin is a cool city on the south east coast of the south island with a heavy student population and an overall population over 50,000 (which is big for New Zealand… only four cities on the south island have a population over 50,000.) We got to Dunedin at a decent hour and managed to find one of the nicest hostels to stay in that I have seen so far. It was very plush with a killer kitchen and a surround sound DVD player in the lounge area. It was also one of the least expensive hostels that we’ve stayed in so far which was an added bonus. We stayed in Dunedin for 3 days and 2 nights we liked it so much.

The first night we met up with Kerrie, Mel, and Jayne (who we met at the Franz Josef Glacier) who’s tour bus happened to be in Dunedin as well, and also Nikki, Holly, and Abby (the campervan girls) rolled into town. We all got together at our hostel and went out for a great night on the town. We went to a really cool nightclub called “10” that was located about 2 or 3 flights of stairs underground. It was much different than any club I had ever been to which was entertaining.

The next day after we all pieced ourselves together, we headed down to the beach and spent a good chunk of the day there. The girls buried me in the sand, we played Frisbee for a bit until the ocean swallowed it up forever, we went for a swim and messed around in the big waves… just had a classic day at the beach. We just took it easy that night and watched a movie, nothing too crazy. The next day it was off to Mt Cook.