Oamaru Travel Guide
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Hugging the shoreline of Friendly Bay, the coastal Otago town of Oamaru is known for its stately historic buildings, crafted in the locally quarried creamy-white Oamaru stone. The town's original business district is now preserved in the Harbour-Tyne Street Precinct and walking tours leave from the Visitor Centre at the corner of Thames and Itchen Streets. A big attraction for visitors is the wonderful coastal wildlife,
which includes native yellow-eyed penguins, little blue penguins and fur seals. A colony of the world's smallest penguin, the little blue penguin, nests around Oamaru Harbour from September to February, and there is also a penguin hide at nearby Bushy Beach. Oamaru's annual heritage celebrations take place in late November and feature the town's famous penny-farthing races
Geographic Location
Located on the shoreline of Friendly Bay, 116km north-east of Dunedin
Population
12,600
Climate
Continental climate
Annual temperature range
8 - 20°C