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Wild walks; Seabirds & Star gazing

Town of Portobello This gentle village half-way to the ocean along Otago Harbour. I took a public bus 18 from town of Dunedin just outside of Woolworths grocery mall. Paid $3 cash and board a 20 minutes journey to Otago Peninsula to enjoy the walks. There are a few tracks at Otago Peninsula. I took the Karetai Track as I like to see spectacular cliffs. The walk is pretty easy to slight moderate due to portions of muddy tracks. After the long walk, stop by Cove Cafe which faces the huge sea front and have a cup of coffee and scones to take time off and enjoy the serenity by the sea. Thereafter walk along the beaches and watch the sunset before taking the same bus back to Dunedin. By the way, look out for all the unique, bright and colourful bus stops alone Portobello Town. Awesome stargazing area too ,however it was cloudy that evening, thus I did not stayed till dark as the auroral apps show low levels of chance of seeing southern lights.
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