Dunedin; Thursday, November 16.

On to the Dunedin Botanical Gardens and the Rhododendron Dell. Apparently one of the largest displays of Rhododendrons & Azeleas in the world. If Vincent, who considers rhododendrons "bloody weeds", which in Ireland they are, is reading this forgive me for drooling over the display.

We then drove the tortuous 20Km or so out to the end of the Otago penninsula to Penguin Place ,

to see a privately owned refuge for Yellow-Eyed penguins, the world's rarest penguin.

They have built an ingenious series of covered walkways & trenches so that people can come and watch without disturbing the penguins. I tried to get a good shot of the yellow eye but the camera's light gathering ability and my ability to hold it steady were at their limit in the failing light.

We finally got back into Dunedin after nine, looking for a place to stay, and got the last room at the Best Western (smoking but who cares).