Dunedin's Victorian and Edwardian architecture is world-renowned.

Duration

90 mins

About

Meeting and starting the tour here in the Octagon under the clock tower, learn about the amazing buildings that survive in the center of town.

Next is the Dunedin Railway Station, it is the second most photographed building in the southern hemisphere, second to the Sydney Opera House. We go inside the foyer of the station with its Royal Doulton tiled walls and mosaic floor made with approximately half a million pieces. She's currently under works so covered with scaffolding, however they've kindly printed a picture of the building on the outside!

Passing Toitu, Otago Settlers Museum we see Josephine, the first locomotive in Otago and hear its story - how it came here, how it was nearly lost to history and how it survived.

At Queens Gardens the tale is told of the first Scottish settlers, how they were welcomed by the Kai Tahu Maori, how they dealt with rain and mud, and why it was all worthwhile.

In the Exchange area we see the winged monkeys of the Cargill memorial and other fanciful shapes carved in stone.

See the banks in the area that boomed during the goldrush and appreciate the special features.

See Dunedin's oldest pub, original to the area.

Speights brewery, learn about its quirky little features.

We tell the story of the Scottish founders of Dunedin - what they found when they arrived, the society they built and the gold rush which changed it for ever.