Wednesday 20 April 2016

DESKTOP 995 - OAMARU, NEW ZEALAND

Oamaru (Māori: Te Oha-a-Maru), the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, is the main town in the Waitaki District. It is 80 kilometres south of Timaru and 120 kilometres north of Dunedin, on the Pacific coast, and State Highway 1 and the railway Main South Line connect it to both. With a population of 13,750, Oamaru is the 27th largest urban area in New Zealand, and the second largest in Otago behind Dunedin. The name Oamaru derives from Māori words meaning the place of Maru (compare with Timaru). The identity of Maru remains open to conjecture.

This post is part of the Wednesday Waters meme,
and also part of the Waterworld Wednesday meme,
and also part of the Outdoor Wednesday meme,
and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,
and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme,
and also part of the Travel Tuesday meme.

5 comments:

  1. Lovely blue water here.
    Thank you for linking up at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2016/04/stop-looking-at-me.html

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  2. like i said on your other blog.... i love the travelopportunities wich this meme gives me, week after week...

    New Zealand... if i ever get the chance, i will visit it... nr 1 on my wishlist...visiting the places where my favorite film is taken.

    Have a nice abc-wednesday-day / – week
    ♫ M e l ☺ d y ♫ (abc-w-team)

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  3. love the white buildings.
    ROG, ABCW

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  4. I love the South Island of New Zealand, which I visited in January 2005. We didn't see this town then. It's a beautiful place too. Thank you for sharing.
    Wil, ABCWTeam

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