Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(adult/child $10/5) is mainly aimed at kids, although the tropical forest, filled with col-
ourful live butterflies, is an all-ages treat.
Check the timing of the daily guided tours ($12) and free gallery talks on the website.
Dunedin Botanic Garden
GARDENS
OFFLINE MAP
GOOGLE MAP
(
www.dunedinbotanicgarden.co.nz
;
cnr Great King St & Opoho Rd; dawn-dusk)
Dating
from 1863, these 22 peaceful, grassy and shady hectares include rose gardens, rare nat-
ives, a four-hectare rhododendron dell, glasshouses, a playground and a cafe. Kids love
tootling about on the Community Express 'train' (adult/child $3/1).
Baldwin St
STREET
OFFLINE MAP
The world's steepest residential street (or so says the
Guinness Book of World Records
),
Baldwin St has a gradient of 1 in 2.86 (19°). From the city centre, head 2km north up
Great King St to where the road branches sharp left to Timaru. Get in the right-hand lane
and continue straight ahead. This becomes North Rd, and Baldwin St is on the right after
1km.
WORTH A TRIP
TAIERI GORGE RAILWAY
With narrow tunnels, deep gorges, winding tracks, rugged canyons and more than
a dozen stone and wrought-iron viaduct crossings (up to 50m high), the scenic
Taieri Gorge Railway
03-477 4449;
www.taieri.co.nz
;
OFFLINE MAP
office 8.30am-5pm Mon-Fri, to 3pm Sat-Sun)
consist-
departs Dunedin Railway Station, Anzac Ave;
ently rates highly with visitors.
The four-hour return trip aboard 1920s heritage coaches travels to Pukerangi
(one way/return $59/89), 58km away. Some trains carry on to Middlemarch (one
way/return $71/107) - which is particularly handy for those cycling the Otago Cen-
tral Rail Trail - or you can opt for a train-coach trip to Queenstown (one way $139).
Activities
Swimming & Surfing
