GBS Road Trip New Zealand - 13 | Day 05 : Dunedin : City Center | The Octagon | St Clair Beach | Tunnel Beach

Langkah seterusnya, ayuh kita usharina bandar Dunedin ni pulak.

Dunedin

Dunedin (Listeni/dʌˈniːdᵻn/ dun-ee-din; Māori: Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago region. It is named for the capital of Scotland, generally Anglicised as Edinburgh (with burgh being a literal translation of the Gaelic dun, meaning fort; although dun is also the source of the English word town). While Tauranga, Napier-Hastings and Hamilton have eclipsed the city in size of population since the 1980s to make it only the seventh-largest urban area in New Zealand, Dunedin is still considered one of the four main cities of New Zealand for historic, cultural and geographic reasons.

Dunedin was the largest New Zealand city by territorial land area until superseded by Auckland on the creation of the Auckland Council in November 2010. Dunedin was the largest city in New Zealand by population from the 1860s until about 1900. The city population at 5 March 2013 was 120,246.[8] The Dunedin urban area lies on the central-eastern coast of Otago, surrounding the head of Otago Harbour. The harbour and hills around Dunedin represent the remnants of an extinct volcano. The city suburbs extend out into the surrounding valleys and hills, onto the isthmus of the Otago Peninsula, and along the shores of the Otago Harbour and the Pacific Ocean.

Cakap banyak pun tak guna. Layankan je la gambar gambar sekitar bandar Dunedin yang sempat aku snappy sekali harung semasa berada di sana.

All Saints Church, Dunedin on Cumberland Street which is the college chapel for University of Otago

Captain Cook Hotel. Dunedin

Salah satu bangunan di bandar Dunedin

Toitu Otago Settlers Museum

Bangunan Cadbury World. Kami tak sempat nak singgah pun.

Dan beberapa tempat lain sekitar bandar yang aku sendiri tak tau nama bangunan bangunan ni.

Salah satu tarikan di pusat bandar Dunedin ini adalah sebuah gereja yang di kenali sebagai First Church of Otago.

First Church of Otago.

First Church is a prominent church in the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located in the heart of the city on Moray Place, 100 metres to the south of the city centre. 

The church is the city's primary Presbyterian church. The building is regarded as the most impressive of New Zealand's nineteenth-century churches, and is listed by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust as a Category I structure.

Sesuai dengan namanya, gereja ini adalah gereja pertama yang di bina di Otago pada tahun 1850

Berani nak masuk?

Jom

Aku OK je masuk

Asal jangan kacau orang sudah. Tak de orang pun masa aku masuk

Bahagian dalam gereja

Masuk kejap je

Adik kenapa tercegat di situ? Berak dalam pampers kah?

Kami tak berlama lama di situ. IH dengan BW tak masuk pun. Tunggu kat luar je. Aku je yang panjang langkah sampai ke dalam. Lagipun tak leh lama lama sebab parking pun 15 minit je.

Dari sini, kami bergerak ke lokasi lain tapi masih di tengah bandar Dunedin ni iaitu The Octagon.

The Octagon is Dunedin's city centre, an eight sided plaza bisected by the city's main downtown street, George St.

Though first designated "The Square of Moray Place", even in its earliest years, it was colloquially known as The Octagon. Laid out by surveyors in 1846, Moray Place and The Octagon form two concentric streets, a plan remains mostly unchanged, creating a ring of civil and public buildings around a central plaza, including the Dunedin Town Hall, the Dunedin Public Library and Public Art Gallery, St Paul's Anglican Cathedral, a cinema multiplex and various cafes and bars.

Uniquely for an inner city plaza, The Octagon is on an incline, sloping uphill from the ocean. The central pedestrian reserve, bisected by George and Princess Streets, is a paved plaza in its lower half, and grassed terraces in the upper. The terrace is surmounted by an 1887 statue of the Scottish poet Robert Burns, whose nephew Thomas Burns was one of the city's founders. A statue for Thomas was later erected but removed due to its unpopularity in the 1940s.

Kiranya ini lah pusat bandar Dunedin. Kawasan bersegi lapan dengan bangunan bangunan utama di persekitaran termasuk kedai kedai dan restoran serta cafe cafe. Kira ini lah kawasan tumpuan bagi warga Dunedin.

St. Pauls Cathedral

Dunedin Visitor's Center On The Octagon

Panggung wayang

Hotel dan restoran. Cafe cafe dan pusat membeli belah pun ada

Kami tak turun pun, pusing pusing je dari dalam kereta. Tak leh lama sebab masa mencemburui kami. Plan asal pukul 12 nak balik ke rumah member dan angkut barang semua sebelum bertolak ke destinasi seterusnya.

Tapi sekarang dah dekat jam 1 lebih. Cuaca pulak macam mendung semacam jer. Tu yang kami bergegas balik rumah.

Balik rumah siap makan tengahari lagi

Dan charge apa yang patut

Akhirnya lepas solat zuhur jugak kami keluar. Senang dah solat siap siap. Destinasi berikutnya adalah ke Nugget Point Lighthouse. Jarak perjalanan lebih kurang sejam lebih.

Tapi sebelum tu, kami nak singgah ke pantai kejap. Usha usha pantai pantai di South Island ni. 

Sebab masih berada di Dunedin, kami ke St Clair Beach dan Tunnel Beach je sebab dua dua ni kiranya di laluan yang sama untuk ke Nugget Point nanti.

Mula mula kami drive ke St Clair Beach. Tak jauh pun dalam 10 minit jer.

St Clair Beach, Dunedin

Saint Clair, the most popular city beach, is a renowned surfing location. A heated salt water outdoor swimming pool, located at the southern end of the long sweeping beach, is open over the summer period. In 2004 the sea wall was refurbished to provide a modern, wide promenade, with steps leading down to the beautiful sandy beach.

Along the promenade is a choice of restaurants and bars catering for every occasion from a quiet morning coffee while you gaze to the horizon, to a lively night out in a fantastic seaside setting.Saint Clair, like most city seaside suburbs, has always been a wealthy area. Many fine historic homes can be seen along the waterfront or on the wooded slopes of Forbury Hill. Saint Clair Beach is a ten minute drive from the city centre. There are regular public transport services from the city.

Cuaca tak mengizinkan

Angin kuat. Kami pun tak lepak lama sebab macam nak hujan

Burung pun huru hara nak terbang

Tapi kalau musim panas dan ombak tak kuat mesti ramai orang datang bertenggek di sini bersantai santaian

Lepas pit stop di St Clair Beach, kami ke Tunnel Beach. Jaraknya cuma 10 minit dengan kereta tapi lalu ikut shortcut.

Hmmmmm... sudah pastinya khidmat Barbara masih di gantung ! Pakai Waze je senang.

* jeling Barbara tanda masih belum bersedia untuk berbaik baik. Jauh sekali nak kembali beramas mesra seperti sediakala

Time can never mend the careless whispers, of a good friend

To the heart and mind, ignorance is kind

There's no comfort in the truth

Pain is all you'll find

Should've known better

I feel so unsure

As I take your hand and lead you to the dance floor

As the music dies, something in your eyes

Calls to mind the silver screen

And all its sad good-byes

I'm never gonna dance again

Guilty feet have got no rhythm

Though it's easy to pretend

I know your not a fool

Should've known better than to cheat a friend

And waste the chance that I've been given

So I'm never gonna dance again

The way I danced with you

Time can never mend

The careless whispers of a good friend

To the heart and mind

Ignorance is kind

There's no comfort in the truth

Pain is all you'll find

I'm never gonna dance again

Guilty feet have got no rhythm

Though it's easy to pretend

I know your not a fool

Should've known better than to cheat a friend

And waste this chance that I've been given

So I'm never gonna dance again

The way I danced with you

Never without your love

Tonight the music seems so loud

I wish that we could lose this crowd

Maybe it's better this way

We'd hurt each other with the things we'd want to say

We could have been so good together

We could have lived this dance forever

But no one's gonna dance with me

Please stay

And I'm never gonna dance again

Guilty feet have got no rhythm

Though it's easy to pretend

I know your not a fool

Should've known better than to cheat a friend

And waste the chance that I've been given

So I'm never gonna dance again

The way I danced with you

(Now that you're gone) Now that you're gone

(Now that you're gone) What I did's so wrong

That you had to leave me alone

Sampai di Tunnel Beach area, park kereta dan ikut papan tanda.

Laluan ke Tunnel Beach. Masa ni hujan dah mula turun rintik rintik

Tunnel Beach is a locality 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) southwest of the city centre of Dunedin, New Zealand. Located just south of St Clair, Tunnel Beach has sea-carved sandstone cliffs, rock arches and caves.

Beyond the beauty of the rugged sandstone cliffs, its claim to fame is the tunnel down to the beach that a local politician, John Cargill, son of Captain William Cargill, had commissioned for his family in the 1870s.

Bahagian pertama dari arah parking turun ke pantai. Tapi laluan ni tak berakhir di sini, ada jalan turun lagi dan lagi dan lagi betul betul curam laluannya.

Kawasan sekitar banyak pokok pokok kuning ni dan padang menghijau dengan panorama laut lepas

Bahagian ke dua. Jalan turun bukit lagi. Masa ni jumpa sorang minah salleh baru nak naik. Sempat tanya dia ada laluan lain ke tak, dia kata tak der !

Access to the beach is via a track across private farmland, and is open year round excluding lambing season from August to October. The track was opened in 1983, and is a popular walking track. It descends from 150 metres (490 ft) above sea level at its start, a short distance off Blackhead Road, winding for some 1200 metres to the top of the tunnel close to a natural sea arch. 

The tunnel descends 72 steps to the beach, and is dimly naturally lit. Note that the path down is steep and can be very slippery following wet weather.

Masa turun tu akan nampak bongkah bongkah batu tepi laut 

Ada yang bertunnel. Mungkin nama Tunnel Beach di ambil bersempena dengan tunnel tunnel pada batu batu ni kot

Sandstone cliffs. Rocks arches and caves

Tapi kalau nak turun sampai bawah dan nak naik balik semula memang agak mencabar. Kami pun turun separuh jalan jer.

Dan naik balik tu memang macam bertarung separuh nyawa

Secara overallnya, Tunnel Beach ni agak cantik juga. Spare lebih kurang sejam untuk turun dan naik. Agak sesuai di lawati ketika air surut sebab boleh nampak dengan jelas formasi batu batu di tebing lautan ni.

Masukkan dalam list kunjungan sekiranya berada di Dunedin !

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