Baldwin Street, Dunedin

They say this is the steepest street in the world, not just the southern hemisphere. Who are we to disagree? Another must see location on Catriona's itinerary for us and one of the last things we did before heading north to Auckland.
We had spent the morning on a walking Heritage Tour of Dunedin and spent some time in the Early settlers museum which explained the Scottish connection and why this area prospered. A short but lucrative gold rush in the late 19th century had a lot to do with it but let's not forget that Rabbie Burn's nephew was involved and that the colony was sponsored by The Free Church of Scotland... Guaranteed success then. 
Sunny and too hot again, but lovely to see this Edinburgh of the south in all it's glory. Quite a different experience from the rather damp first views we had and we left feeling that we could happily have spent more time here. Our genial guest house host, Stephen, was a font of more than enough useful information, and spouted forth on the local sights, the native flora and fauna, the weather systems in the Pacific that caused our day of wind and cloudy weather, the lives of early settlers, where to eat and what to order etc. as he scurried around after us mopping up the grains of sand that our sandals had brought in to his house. He had been a tour bus driver and guide and was used to amusing people by giving out interesting bits of information and he didn't hold back. He and his wife helped make our stay most enjoyable  and we appreciated their efforts. Honest.
Our last visit, before we headed to the airport, was to St Clair's Beach for a look at the surfers and a "light" lunch of pasta and risotto. It kept us going until we arrived back at St Hellier's having been picked up at the airport by Catriona and Dianne. Late to bed - and the girls have an early start tomorrow. Luckily we don't - we are on retirement.