Waitaki District

Waitaki District is widely known in New Zealand for Oamaru’s Victorian streetscapes, built largely from the pale local limestone called Oamaru stone. Its territory extends from the Pacific coast across farming country toward the Southern Alps, while the Waitaki River forms much of its northern boundary. Oamaru’s Victorian Precinct preserves commercial buildings from the town’s nineteenth-century development, and the harbour is closely associated with a colony of little penguins that comes ashore after dark. Inland, the Waitaki Valley links hydroelectric lakes, vineyards and wide-open rural country, creating a character distinctly different from the coast. Move on to other webcams in the region to compare landscapes and settings around Waitaki District.

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