A Day on Otago Peninsular
Apr
15
2012
Otago Harbour, from the peninsula
For five years, I lived on the Otago Peninsular, which I think is one of those very special places, with tremendous natural beauty and scenery.
The Pyramids
So yesterday I revisted a few of my favourite haunts, including a walk out to Victory Beach via the Pyramids.
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Detail of the Pyramid formation
The tide was in so the paddle wheel of the SS Victory, wrecked on this beach in the 19th century (although I believe without loss of life, the very good news), was not visible in the surf.
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Approach to Victory Beach
But it remains a very beautiful spot.
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On the beach
And on return journey I checked out the cottage where I used to live–still looking good!
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Once, a writer's cottage
Comments
It looks like a pretty place to get away from it all.
Otago Peninsular is a fabulous place, one of the best places in the whole world … of course, I have not actually seen the whole world. 😉
Ooo, that writer’s cottage looks suitably isolated.
Mary, It was almost the perfect writer’s cottage: can’t you just imagine imagining Thornspell’s enchanted wood from within its walls? And fittingly, the previous occupant was a musician.:)
Isn’t it gorgeous out there? I love Otago. We lived in Central Otago for about eight years and traveled to Dunedin a couple times a month to get supplies and visit friends who lived out on the peninsula as well. It’s just stunning out there.
I love Otago, too, Wen: pretty much all of it, like you. But the peninsular is an absolutely stunning place: I love the ‘wild south” on one side and all the sheltered, sunny, rocky little bays on the other. And the sea walls. I just love the sea walls!