Moeraki Boulders and Dunedin

These boulders are on the west coast as we drive down to Dunedin. We had to stop and see them cause they are pretty rear. I think they formed higher up in the volcano, they rolled down and settled here on the coast.

As they roll down, some have crashed into each other and broke open. You can see that they are hollow, like they are lava bubbles. They're cool! And littered all along the coast here. We stayed just around the small bay at that point in the first picture for the night before we drive down to Dunedin the next day.

Dunedin is an old city in which gold was found nearby, it was important for the economy of New Zealand in the 19th century. There is a beautiful train station that we are headed in, to board a train up to the canyon where the gold was found. It was very picturesque but the seats were so small, difficult for us chubby Americans to fit into.


At the top of the canyon we were aloud to disembark and stretch our legs before the return ride back to Dunedin. One nice thing, they provided champagne which you could buy, and we did together with a nice piece of chocolate cake.