Larnach Castle is the only castle in New
Zealand. Built on the Otago Peninsula by wealthy Australian William Larnach.
Tradespeople were sourced from all over the world – Plasterers from Italy,
Stonemasons from Scotland, carpenters from France all to build a Scottish
styled castle in honor of Dunedin’s links to the city of Edinburgh. The Castle
has been lovingly restored and still retains the original 1 tonne solid stone
bath on the third floor bathroom. Bit of job hoisting that up the spiral
staircase I would imagine!!
The Larnach family history is a little
twisted - littered with corruption, inheritance scandals, suicides and
suspicious deaths. For a country that is comparatively light on history it’s a
pretty unique place.
We left Dunedin after the castle visit to
head on down south through a region known as the Catlins towards the country’s
most southerly city, Invercargill. On route, the obligatory stupid picture was
taken at the most photographed waterfalls in New Zealand, Punakaiki falls
Tricky to concentrate on writing this at the moment. I’m rocking around trying
to type on Nay’s macbook whilst the van swerves around the road pumping out
Nicki Minaj…clearly not getting a look in on the playlist today.
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