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Day 169 Dunedin, New Zealand

Thursday 24th November 2005

sunny 18 °C

Had a walk around the centre of Dunedin first and had a look at St Josephs Cathedral, The Town Hall, Robert Burns Statue and also the Railway Station which is quite an impressive building. Then we picked the car up and drove over to Baldwin Street which has the Steepest Road In The World and upon looking at it there was no way our gutless car was going to make it to the top but I wanted to walk to the top anyway. At first I started to jog up the road but without even making it halfway I was already out of breath so decided to walk the rest. Every year they have a race to the top and the quickest time is around 2 minutes so these guys must be super fit because I would be happy to get up there in double that time. From the bottom of the road it doesn’t actually look that steep but once you stand at the top it looks unreal and I wouldn’t even like to cycle down it its so steep.
After walking back down we then drove out to Signal Hill Lookout which gives you a great view of the whole of Dunedin and then headed back to the hostel to relax for the evening.

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St Josephs Cathedral

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Robbie Burns Statue

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St Pauls Church

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Sports Hall of Fame & Railway Station

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Sports Hall of Fame & Railway Station

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Baldwin Street

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Baldwin Street

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Baldwin Street

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Baldwin Street

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Me,Ibon,Simon and Jill at the top of Baldwin Street

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Me

Posted by -reece- 12:48 PM Archived in Backpacking | New Zealand

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