As much as we like hiking, it's great to have a car so we can discover things a bit further afield like the Otago Peninsula. It stretches out across the harbour and after some great scenery and winding, very narrow winding roads through small villages, artists' colonies, docked fishing boats, and you end up an hour later at Taiaroa Head. How they get tour buses out there, we don't know, but even in a car you don't want to be gawking over the cliff edges if you're driving. The round trip is about 64 kms and we just went out and back on the harbourside road, but there's also a Highcliff Road. On that route you can visit Larnach Castle, which we'll do soon. Went out a few years ago and it's quite spectacular. The Peninsula is a big eco tourism spot; there's a Royal Albatross preserve at the Head, the only mainland site in the world. We've signed up for a 15 km walk, the easy part of the Otago Peninsula Challenge, in early February which will give us access to paddocks and preserves not generally open to the public. The weather has finally turned so we're getting a lot more sun which makes exploring the grounds at the University of Otago, for example, more fun. Jim and I put out the laundry this morning so, naturally, it rained hard most of the day!
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