We arrived in Dunedin around 11 and got squared away (and posted yesterday's entry) before walking into town. Our campsite was just a 25 minute walk to the centre of town. For lunch, we ventured into a little Japanese place and had some very fresh sushi and found a new sake brand (Ozaki) that was really good.

From there we made a quick stop in at the iSite and booked a tour for the evening. Figuring it was time we did a bit of learning, we headed to the museum by way of the Law Courts and Old Railway Station; a couple of very beautiful buildings.

At the museum we got to check out a few of the exhibits, focusing on the ones about the local history. Being used to the history in Canada where the natives lived in close harmony with the land, it was weird to learn that the local Maori had hunted a species into extinction, and when the farmland they were on was depleted, they'd clear more. They seemed to live with the opinion that the gods will continue to provide something, even if it wasn't what they'd always used before.

On our way back from the museum to downtown, we walked past the Cadbury factory. Unfortunately, it was closed, so no Cadbury souvenirs.

We had dinner at a little Irish pub (in the Scottish city) on the Octagon -- the center square of the town. We both went with a beer we were familiar with -- Ryan got his Guinness, and I had a pint of Kilkenny.

As we were in the Octagon (for the third time that day), I need to mention how I've been really enjoying the architecture here. For the most part, rather than tearing down a building, they renovate and re-purpose it, so there are lots of beautiful old homes and stores that are still standing. The tallest building we've seen in Dunedin was still under 10 stories.

After dinner we headed over to the Speight's Brewery for the highlight of the day -- the brewery tour. Speight's is the beer company of the south, and has six different beers that it makes. The Gold Medal Ale (Ryan's favourite) tastes similar to Keith's Red Amber with a hint of Sleeman's Honey Brown and is their most popular, award winning beer. The Pale Ale tasted like Keith's India Pale Ale, their Distinction Ale (my favourite) tasted very similar to Sleeman's Cream Ale. They had a couple dark beers as well that tasted like Brewster's O'Shaunessey Stout and we couldn't place the last one. They had another beer that tasted like Rickard's White, but neither of us can remember it's name.

We had a nice walk back to the Holiday Park and an early night to bed for an early departure to Te Anau and the glowworm caves at 2pm.