An Extraordinary Cycle Ride
To modern eyes, a penny farthing bicycle is anything but “ordinary”. But these eye-catching cycles were indeed called “ordinaries” in the late 19th Century, in contrast to the new-fangled safety […]
Oamaru
Steampunk!
With so many wonderfully ornate Victorian buildings crammed into this small town, it’s only natural that steampunk has found a warm welcome in Oamaru. Here‘s the nicely spooky Steampunk HQ. […]
Clark’s Mill
The land near Oamaru was recognised by early European settlers as being well-suited to raising wheat. Flour was an essential crop, and in this North Otago region (these days about […]
A night at the Oamaru Opera House
We recently spent a week in the pleasant town of Oamaru, in New Zealand’s South Island, for their annual Victorian Festival. Fertile land, the growth of pastoralism, and the development […]