Five kilometres south of Ōamaru on the coast road, this top-notch lodge has tidy rooms off a huge, sunny, central space. Great for groups. Listen to the surf crashing over the road while relaxing by the wood-burning fire, or book one of the hot tubs (from $90 for two people) and drift into ecstasy while gazing at the stars.
Old Bones Lodge
Dunedin & Otago
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Oamaru’s main drag owes its expansive girth to the need to accommodate the minimum turning circle of a bullock cart. The town's grand pretensions reached…
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Maerewhenua Māori Rock Painting Site
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