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Otago is located in the southeast of the South
Island. The Maori name for the town is 'Otakou.'
TREKS
The New Zealand Department
of Conservation maintains numerous tracks and facilities and
half the Routeburn
Track, one of DOC's Great
Walks. Other tracks include the Rees-Dart, the Greenstone-Caples
and Gillespie Pass circuits.There's also the incredibly popular,
150-kilometre Otago
Central Rail Trail which follows the former Otago Central branch
railway line for 150 kilometers from Middlemarch to Clyde.
PENGUINS
Lot of penguins in Dunedin
and Oamaru!
WHALES
The village of Otakou on the Otago Peninsula served as a whaling
base during early years of European economic interest in the east
coast of Murihiku around 1840.
UNIVERSITIES
New Zealand's first university, The
University of Otago, was founded in 1869 in Dunedin.
Other notable schools include Otago
Polytechnic.
FOOD
Roadside stalls sell seasonal fruit.
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