4/26/11 Dunedin -> Bluff
If you don’t already know (I’m not sure why you would) we are, as a group, terrible at planning things. The ultimate result of that, at this stage in our trip, is no set plans on hostels, activities, food, or travel times. Our general idea for the day today was to tour Cadbury World, their factory in Dunedin (Pronounced Duh-knee-din if you were wondering) or to tour the Speight’s Brewery. After that we were to hit up the steepest street in the world, then drive to Invercargill/Bluff, find a hostel or campsite and hang out in town the rest of the day.
As general plans go it was a good one. We did our tours, I went for the chocolate (obviously).
After that the chocolate group wandered the city for a while waiting for the beer group. Once reunited, around 11:30, we drove across the city to find Baldwin Street, the steepest street in the world. We found it. It did help that we plugged it into the GPS, but whatever. This street just looked unrealistic. And, of course, us being us, we walked all the way to the top. Once there, due to the grade, you couldn’t see the actual street, just the very end. It was just insane, I can’t really think of a better word.
