Driving From Christchurch to Dunedin to Curio Bay
Day 10 of our trip saw us driving from Christchurch to Dunedin to Curio Bay where spent two nights. We drove the entire trip down the East coast of the South Island in our new rental car. This rental we actually arranged through Transfercar. We had the little Mazda Demio for 8 days and paid a total of $135, plus we were given 1 free tank of gas, which saved us about $60. The car was a big change from the BMW X3 that we had on the North Island, but it was a neat experience using Transfercar, and we saved a bunch of money, which is always good!
Our Transfercar rental from Ace Rental Cars in Christchurch
The town of Oamaru has some pretty cool old Victorian style buildings
Oamaru also has a large ‘steampunk’ building/exhibition.
We drove behind this house for 10-15 minutes. It didn’t seem too out of the ordinary for driving in New Zealand
Another roadside attraction in New Zealand while Driving from Christchurch to Dunedin to Curio Bay – the Moeraki boulders. Pretty cool boulder field on the beach of large round boulders
The Dunedin train station/rail station is a pretty cool building
The front of the rail station in Dunedin
The Southern Scenic Route was a pretty nice drive – very twisty and curvy, but nice
While we were in Dunedin we stopped at Ocho – a chocolate store. They will soon be moving to a much larger location where they will be giving tours. If you’re in Dunedin I would highly recommend it!
We were greeted with some amazing views driving from Dunedin to Curio bay
Our AirBnB for a couple of nights!
Our Mazda Demio
The view from our AirBnB
The little black barn overlooking curio bay
Looking towards Curio Bay
Cyclone Gita was schedule to make landfall on the north part of the island the following day. Although we didn’t see much action from the cyclone, the wind and rain picked up substantially shortly after sunset
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