I recently took a short holiday in Oamaru, a small city on the East Coast of the South Island. It is the seat of the Waitaki District council as well as the center of the only UNESCO Geopark in the country.
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| Little Shag drying its plumage after a dive. I just love the texture and hue! |
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| Fantail. Still chasing the perfect shot. |
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| Geological feature at Elephant Rocks |
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| Elephant Rocks. Once on the floor of the sea, now 220m above sea level. Erosion has left us with this peculiar pattern. |
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| Omarama Clay Cliffs. One of the major tourist traps, I mean Attractions, of the region. Interesting enough of a feature, but way overcrowded with smelly and strongly perfumed tourists. |
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| St. Martins Church, Duntroon. |
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| St. Patrick's Basilica. One of the more prominent buildings in Oamaru |
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| Built from local limestone, also known as Oamaru stone. Quarried locally it became a popular choice of building material in the 1860s and the economic of the local gold rush spawned many great buildings all around New Zealand, but mostly in the Otago. |
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| House of Breakthrough Church |
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| Showing the steep roads mandated by the hilly landscape. |
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| St. Luke's Anglican Church. Would have been a great shot, had the black car not parked in front of it... |
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| Criterion Hotel |
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| Oamaru Town Hall |
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| St Paul's Presbyterian Church. I think that's all branches of Christianity covered... |
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| AMP building |
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