Dunedin!

We drove to Dunedin on April 14th which took us 5 hours to do. The drive was incredible! The coastal views were amazing. We took so many pictures! We even stopped at some random beach to take pictures. When we got there, we went right to an I-Site for ideas on what to do. We also walked around the city a little bit. Dunedin is a really nice, small city. They told us to go to the Otago Peninsula to see the yellow-eyed penguins and sea lions! We went to Penguin Place and did a tour of the penguin reserve. We got really close to them! They have underground tunnels that you use for viewing so you don't disturb them. They were mounting at this time of the year which means their feathers were coming off and they were getting new ones. So most of them were not going in the water. However, we did see a few come waddling out of the ocean from a long day of fishing. We also saw some sea lions playing around in the water and laying on the huge rocks. It was really cool to be able to see these animals in their natural setting. The Otago Peninsula was just incredibly beautiful. The scenery was amazing. We had a great time. Then we went back to our hostel which was called Hogwartz. We made some dinner and went to bed super early because we had a very early morning the next day.