Back in July 2003 I had a day to explore the Otago (oh-TAH-go) Peninsula on the southeastern coast of New Zealand’s South Island. It extends for some 20 km eastward into the Pacific Ocean from the city of Dunedin. The route I chose took me on the Highcliff Road through the towns of Pukehiki (pooh-keh-HEE-kee) and Sandymount and then onward on the Sandymount Road to an overlook that provided this view looking eastward 
down to the mouth of Hooper’s Inlet. I clearly remember imagining what it would be like to spend a week or so in that little house and hike around in this incredible countryside.
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What a beautiful sight! So much lovely earthy color and what a place to live.
I’m happy that you like it–it’s truly a magic spot. I only wish I had had the camera that I have now and that I could have made the shot at much higher resolution (that was, after all, 13 years ago). There is, however, a very good chance that I may soon have the opportunity to revisit this neck of the woods and, if so, I’ll do my best to get it so that I can bring it to you as I see it in my mind.
I do hope you are able to do the revisit and look forward to more from this lovely locale.
Gorgeous. I read about Dunedin when I was researching the white egret. Apparently it’s quite the destination for birders, with great numbers and great variety. It clearly would be a wonderful area to explore; I suspect a week wouldn’t do it.
There’s something else very special about this place, apart from the white egrets: The northeast point of the Otago Peninsula is Taiaroa Head, which is (if memory still serves) the only known nesting site close to human habitation for a colony of the spectacular wandering albatross, which can have a wingspan of up to 11 feet. It’s a birder’s dream come true.
Lovely photo of my homeland.
So happy to share it with you, Raewyn. Have you had a chance to explore Otago?
Gorgeous photo Gary! New Zealand is a place filled with so much natural beauty… one day I hope I will get the chance to explore it.
I hope you do, too! There are susrprises around so many corners–and there are so many lovely corners! Did you know that New Zealand contains examples of all the world’s climates except true desert?
I did not know that… thank you for teaching me a very interesting fact!
Not only that, but it’s also the only place I know of where you can drive from the face of a living glacier down to tropical rainforest in less than an hour!
Wow, I really have to do that! What a road trip!