New Zealand Cruise Day 10 - Dunedin

Large ships can't dock close to Dunedin - we had to dock at Port Chalmers.  Paul wasn't feeling 100% this morning so I went off into Dunedin by myself.  I didn't have anything planned because I was going to do the Citywalksz guided walk - but as I said, the MP3 player died before we got to Akaroa.  I'm going to write them a stern letter about their quality control.
As it happens, there's a huge 'flea market' in central Dunedin today, so there were heaps of things to look at and buy.  I could have gone on other tours once I got into the city, but I just wandered around looking at some of the obvious sights, then wandered back to the ship.

An old friend - the Dawn Princess - is also in port here today, as is a smaller cruise ship called the Caledonian Sky.  The Dawn Princess is docked right beside us - as you can see above - but I didn't see the Caledonian Sky.  It may have been able to dock actually at Dunedin as it's quite a small ship - only 116 passengers as opposed to the 2,000-odd (each) on the Dawn Princess and the Carnival Spirit.
We have now sailed out of Dunedin - tomorrow we see the Fiords and then sail for home.

The First Presbyterian Church - a beautiful old building.  This and a number of others reminded me very much of England.

The Dunedin railway station - apparently voted one of the three most beautiful in the world, and I'm not really surprised

It was a beautiful warm and sunny day today but in the afternoon the clouds started rolling in over the hills - as you can see above and below.  It was quite a creepy sight to me, although I suppose they're used to it here.  By the time we got to the mouth of the harbour, it was completely cloudy and quite cool

A collection of towel animals prepared by our room steward.  I'm not at all sure what they're all meant to be!!