NZ Visual Diary - entry 426
Dunedin railway station
My wife and I recently returned from a visit to the South Island city of Dunedin. The outsized influence of its earliest settlers from Scotland is apparent everywhere, beginning with the city’s name (Scottish Gaelic for Edinburgh).
The city’s architecture is brilliantly photogenic, and none more so than the Dunedin railway station. Indeed, as it is recorded: “[The Dunedin railway station] is speculated by [Dunedin] locals to be the most photographed building in [New Zealand], as well as the second most photographed in the southern hemisphere, after the Sydney Opera House.” 1
The building, a grand example of Renaissance Revival architecture, is stunningly beautiful inside and out.
The train authority recently restored service from Dunedin to Invercargill, the only New Zealand city to be located closer to Antarctica than Dunedin. Half- and full-day train rides depart daily from the station to the Taieri Gorge and along the eastern coastline of the South Island.
Having never taken advantage of the fabled train ride on the Canadian Pacific Railway — with iconic destinations in Banff, Jasper and Lake Louise, among others — I will redoubled my efforts to return soon to Dunedin and ride the rails.
Dunedin railway station - Wikipedia entry
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