 Port Otago. Here you’ll see the massive containers used to export found. Flagstaff also provides a prime vantage point for views of be can colony albatross the where TaiaroaHeads, to across and spit as Aramoana out far as surroundings; its and Chalmers Port A short drive up Flagstaff Hill gives visitors a panoramic view of likes ofpainterRalphHotereandpoetCillaMcQueen. the that’sattracted lifestyle relaxed a has village the bohemians, minute harbour-side drive from Dunedin. A10- haven for artists and a just village, unassuming quiet, a is Chalmers Port Today “the Edinburgh oftheSouth”:cityDunedin. the aboard arrived in the tranquil Port Chalmers on their way Scots to establishing hardy some 1848, March In Port Chalmers . and isevidentintheoldchurches andhotels. Port village. Chalmers bluestone was the an important material in for such buildings, abound buildings historic Dunedin, in As 1910, ishonouredbytheScottmemorialonPurakanui Road. in Chalmers Scott’s Port from Antarctica for Byrd. sailed which Richard expedition, and Shackleton, Ernest Scott, Robert explorers Antarctic for point stop-off a also was Chalmers Port Antarctic Explorers suddenly alessfrighteningplacethanithadbeen”. The was world the Zealand, New “For wrote: King Michael historian country. the for avenue economic major a of up the opening signalling condition, perfect in later in months arrived three carcasses London lamb and mutton frozen The London. to Dunedin ship the when 1882 in moment significant most its had port The meat, dairy, fish,fruit,andtimberproductstotheworld. carried the first cargo of frozen meat from New Zealand on Wickliffe John

1 Perhaps Port Chalmers’Port Perhaps however,feature, best location. its is As building onBeachStreet,builtin1877. area’s the celebrates pioneers. The museum is housed in the original stone post office which collection, settlers’ the enjoy and artefacts, shipping and sailing see can visitors Here Museum. Chalmers Port the at documented is history area’smaritime The array ofwildlife,includingsealsandyellow-eyedpenguins. Beach. Long These and beaches offer walking tracks, good surf, and an impressive Purakanui, Aramoana, at beaches beautiful from drive short a is village the city, the to close being as well  2