This itinerary describes a driving route between Oamaru and Dunedin avoiding State Highway 1, the main north-south highway of New Zealand.
了解
[]State Highway 1 (SH1) is mostly two-lane (single-carriageway) but average speeds are high, so this itinerary aims to create a more sightseeing-friendly pace and route, allowing you to take your time and lap up the towns and landscapes on the way. The recommended route is no more than 5 or so km to one or the other side of the highway and does not use any gravelled/unpaved roads. This route is ideal for campervans and people admiring the view - and gets you slowpokes off the main highway!
This route does not completely avoid SH1, and does follow it for some short sections. Driving directly from Oamaru to Dunedin on SH1 takes about 2 hours. Without stops, this route will take a little longer, but it is probably best to allow a whole day so that you can stop at some of the sights.
抵达
[]Oamaru is on State Highway 1, 250 km south of Christchurch (approx 3hr 15min) and 115 km north of Dunedin. State Highway 83 meets SH 1 at Pukeuri, 9 km north of the town centre, providing access from Omarama and the Mackenzie Country via the Waitaki Valley.
路线
[]Oamaru 的主街 **Thames Street** 呈南北走向,直行(1号国道在此向右分叉)将带您经过经过修复的维多利亚时代石砌建筑组成的 **历史悠久的市中心**。这里非常值得您花 10 分钟下车步行游览;**小蓝企鹅** 每天黄昏时分就在这里的南部上岸。
Follow the coastline past Oamaru harbour and over the hill to Kakanui,一个小型渔港和度假小镇。沿海路线在 Waianakarua 重新汇入 1 号国道。在此向左急转进入公路,然后经过一座历史悠久的石拱桥。您会在驶入公路之前看到它。 Hampden(发音为 Hamden)在公路上,那里有一家炸鱼薯条店、一家酒吧和一些干净的公共厕所。公路沿着海岸向南行驶至 Moeraki Boulders,一个值得下车步行观赏的有趣的地理奇观。
South of here, look out for the right-turn to Trotters Gorge, on Horse Range Road. 这条岔路会翻越石灰岩地貌的 Horse Range。Trotters Gorge 有灌木丛小径和一个野餐区。被这条岔路绕过的公路本身也有其独特的风景,大部分路段沿着海滨行驶,所以回程时可以考虑这条路。
Horse Range Road comes the back way into Palmerston 重新汇入公路。在市中心左转过铁路,进入环形路前往 Goodwood:这就像一个方形的三个边,但开车体验很不错。
在 Goodwood,这是一个急转弯回到 1 号国道。Tumai 公路正在进行大规模施工,即将进入 Waikouaiti.
- Matanaka Farm. 10月2日至8月13日:每日,上午8点至下午6点. 参观该地区最古老的建筑——最吸引人的是温馨的 3 座马桶:一个大的给爸爸,一个中等的给妈妈…… 免费.

Just south of Waikouaiti, cross a river and look out for the right-hander to Karitane 沿 **Coast Road**。Coast Road 是但尼丁的一条旧公路,穿过欧洲定居者早期的一些农业区。Karitane 是一个古老的捕鲸港,现在是一个小型渔港。
- Huriawa Pa (Huriwa Historic Reserve). 一个崎岖的岬角,以其 pā 闻名,该 pā 由 Kāti Mamoe 建造,并由 Te Wera(Kāi Tahu 的人)于 1750 年左右扩建。该遗址由毛利人和环境保护部联合管理。

- Seacliff. 一个古老精神病院的所在地,大部分建筑因该地区不稳定的土地而拆除。在剩余的建筑中有一个背包客旅馆(The Asylum),旧医院的场地向公众开放。新西兰作家 Janet Frame 曾在此接受治疗。

Coast Road heads south to Blueskin Bay at Warrington。在 Warrington 入口处第一个铁路道口前,左侧有一座历史悠久的教堂。**St Barnabas Church** 坐落在一个树木繁茂的墓地中。如果建筑开放,请欣赏抛光木制内饰和彩绘玻璃窗。Coast Road 在 Evansdale. Just south of here, take the left turn at Waitati。主街穿过村庄,经过一所学校,然后蜿蜒而上,越过 **Mount Cargill** 的一个山脊。
- Orokonui Ecosanctuary. 一个重要的野生动物项目;2006 年开始建造占地 250 公顷的森林边界围栏。

Mount Cargill Road 登上山顶,然后(作为 **North Road**)蜿蜒而下,进入 Dunedin 的北部郊区 **North East Valley**。这是 1950 年代末被绕过的旧 1 号国道。沿着山谷半路,左侧是 **Baldwin Street**,世界上最陡峭的街道。非常适合展示勇气:顶部有一个饮水喷泉和座位。
Straight ahead at the traffic lights at the foot of the valley, and you rejoin the highway into Dunedin.
下一站
[]- Dunedin and Port Chalmers
- Wanaka and Queenstown, 4 hr inland via Alexandra and Cromwell
- Invercargill, for Bluff oysters, 2.5 hr south via Gore and Mataura
- Walk the Careys Creek Track
