As I have mentioned before, cruise ships often allow you to get great pictures of lighthouses. I think that this one on Taiaroa headland is one of the prettiest. It is at the entrance to Otago harbour, the harbour for the city of Dunedin, in New Zealand. It was built in 1864. We photographed it on our 2012 cruise on "Voyager of the Seas". Cruise ships dock at Port Chalmers and passengers usually spent the day exploring the port and Dunedin. Next time we are there I want the Oldies to take a trip out to the headland. Besides the lighthouse, there is a lot to see there. The headland was the site of fairly extensive forts and you can visit the tunnels and gun emplacements. There is a fully restored 1886 Armstrong disappearing gun in one of these. I have never seen a disappearing gun and would love to see it doing its disappearing act. You can often see whales, dolphins, orcas, seals and sea lions from the headland. There are colonies of penguins on a nearby beach, and a large breeding colony of royal albatrosses that you can visit with a ranger. Definitely a target for the next time one of Dad's lecture cruises takes us to Dunedin.
Labels: cruising, lighthouse, New Zealand
# posted by Bart Bear @ 11:30 am
