With only one day in Dunedin, New Zealand here are my suggestions to what you should experience while there. It is an amazing town and I definitly wish I had more time to spend here, but I do have some suggestions from what I missed.

Baldwin street

I was concerned about time due to what I was planning in the evening, but from central it went a bus directly to Baldwin making it a fast commute. The stop was just a few meters past the street giving me a glance at it before stepping of the bus. The street itself have almost a 19 degree incline which makes it the steepest street in the whole world. The street itself has 34 residential houses where people live and it is possible to make the photos look like the houses are tilting and not the street. Making for a fun picture to post on Instagram.

There was surprisingly a lot of toursits at the street, but I started chatting with this really nice couple from Birmingham. They also helped me taking a few pictures of me, since it is not always easy to take them as a solo traveler. Specially with a street this steep! Just a few days later I bumped into them again in Queenstown. My only regret is that I did not get to see a car drive up the hill, but I caught a glimpse of one going down just as I stepped of the bus.

Blue Penguins Pukerua

We learned about the story of Matamata and how this sea creaturer carved the way into the shore of Dunedin and this is how the Maori settlements knew they had reach Dunedin. Because they would identify the area as where Matamata once was. For greater details on the story, please take the whole trip, the guide was a great story teller.

We were just a bit late to get a good view of the albatrosses that were flying by Pukuera Head. All of us on the small bus got to see them stretching their wings, but compared to earlier in the day they were harder to spot. When we arrived, we got 30 minutes to wander around, buy suvenirs or a coffe. I of course spent all of my time, or 90% of it, looking for albatrosses.

If you chose to just come for the penguin part, of the tour you will start with a 30 minutes introduction, inside The Royal Albatross Centre. You learn so much history and facts about the penguins. What shocked me was that before Blue Penguins Pukerua was established people used to come to the area as they pleased and some would even take a penguin! Maybe I should not be as shocked as I was, but I still was.

The main reason I chose to go see the Blue Penguins here is because they let you take pictures. I wanted some cute pictures of the world´s smallest penguin.
When we went outside it was beginning to turn dark and it was already cold. To stand and let the wind hit me directly while waiting for the penguins was freezing. I should have dressed better, but being from Norway I figured it would not be too bad. However, I zipped up my jacket within the first 60 seconds of being down there and pulled out my sleeves to cover my hands.

All pictures from Blue Penguins Pukerua is from my phone. Even though I am a wannabe photographer, I rarely shoot in the dark, specially without blitz, therefore I decided to focus using my phone as it is also very good. So here are some of my cute shots of them when they arrive at shore and on their way home for the night. The sunset was to die for!
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Day two

My bus was leaving at 13:30, that means I have to keep it central and I will miss out on one thing I really wanted to do. But by some magical turn of events I make it there and to all the places I want to visit besides two.
On the Blue Penguins Pukerua tour the guide mentioned that the railway station in Dunedin is the most photographed building in New Zealand, therefore I wanted to join that club and have my own photo.

Though the guide also mentioned a lot of the outlay of Dunedin is made after Edinburgh. With the street names being identical and even placed the same as in the original city. This is because of the Scottish settlement that came to Dunedin in the mid 1800`s. This would have been fun if I was a local to Edinburgh, maybe a bit trippy, but since I have never been there I wonder if it will be the opposite for me. Should probably have spent a bit more time in Dunedin for that to happen?

The turn of events

Feel free to skip, this is just a story about me before I take you through the rest of Dunedin.
There was this kind looking guy offering me to use his wi-fi from his phone. My mind went, this is how I will be hacked and all my bad selfies will end up online. At least it is just bad selfies and a lot of bad posing, but after talking a few minutes I agreed and we got to talking. He asked me what I had seen in Dunedin and what I was planning to see. I admitted my bus was in a few hours and I was just heading to the molars. He was a kiwi, but not a local to Dunedin and of course knew about them. He suggested taking me, as a solo female traveler I am cautious. He seemed nice. He seemed sincere. He seemed honest. But can I trust this?
After considering it I took him up on it. I have good instincts and figured if they were wrong this time, I would figure something out. We got talking to another table a bit as well before leaving and I impressed with my knowledge of the molars (thank you to the guide from the day before). Due to this I ended up seeing the molars easily and with a turn of events the one thing I was sure I had forever given up; Larnach Castle.

When asked if I had something else I wanted to see after the molars, my trust had grown, but I still hesitated as Larnach Castle is still quite far away. But my suggestion was taken and we got back in the car for the next destination.

Larnach Castle

Larnach Castle is one of two castles in the whole of New Zealand and if you wish there is even a possibility to stay here for the night. It was built by businessman William Larnach and the inside showcases the Victorian era. When entering the ground you can decide between two packages. One for the garden and one for entering the castle. Due to time restraint, I only went to the garden.
If you follow me, there is also a cafe on site where you can sit down. It is connected to the castle and there is a door to peek in, if not the cafe itself is also decked out and gives you an insight of how grand it is inside the castle itself.

This marks the end of my time in Dunedin, had to make it back to my hotel to move on to the next destination, but if I had one more day, here are what I would do.