The Dunedin Street Art Trail – Artwork by Tyler Stent
Curious and creative views of Ōtepoti as I wander each charter’d street.
Street Art By ROA
The Dunedin Street Art Trail – Artwork by ROA
Curious and creative views of Ōtepoti as I wander each charter’d street.
Street Art By Bezt
The Dunedin Street Art Trail – Artwork by Bezt
Curious and creative views of Ōtepoti as I wander each charter’d street.
Street Art By Filipa Fairy
The Dunedin Street Art Trail – Artwork by Filipa Fairy
Curious and creative views of Ōtepoti as I wander each charter’d street.
Street Art By Phlegm
The Dunedin Street Art Trail – Artwork by Phlegm
Curious and creative views of Ōtepoti as I wander each charter’d street.
Street Art By Bikismo
The Dunedin Street Art Trail – Artwork by Bikismo
Curious and creative views of Ōtepoti as I wander each charter’d street.
Street Art By Phlegm
The Dunedin Street Art Trail – Artwork by Phlegm
Curious and creative views of Ōtepoti as I wander each charter’d street.
Street Art By Pixel Pancho
The Dunedin Street Art Trail – Artwork by Pixel Pancho
Curious and creative views of Ōtepoti as I wander each charter’d street.
Street Art By Hugo Van Dorsser
The Dunedin Street Art Trail – Artwork by Hugo Van Dorsser
Curious and creative views of Ōtepoti as I wander each charter’d street.
Street Art By Tyler Stent
The Dunedin Street Art Trail – Artwork by Tyler Stent
Curious and creative views of Ōtepoti as I wander each charter’d street.
Street Art By Dal East
The Dunedin Street Art Trail – Artwork by Dal East
Curious and creative views of Ōtepoti as I wander each charter’d street.
Street Art By Jacobyikes
Street Art By Fluke
The Dunedin Street Art Trail – Artwork by Fluke
Curious and creative views of Ōtepoti as I wander each charter’d street.
Street Art By Cracked Ink
The Dunedin Street Art Trail – Artwork by Cracked Ink
Curious and creative views of Ōtepoti as I wander each charter’d street.
Street Art By Emma Francesca
The Dunedin Street Art Trail – Artwork by Emma Francesca
Curious and creative views of Ōtepoti as I wander each charter’d street.
Street Art By Jonathan Waters & Cab Nov
The Dunedin Street Art Trail – Artwork by Jonathan Waters and Cab Nov
Curious and creative views of Ōtepoti as I wander each charter’d street.
Street Art By Devon Smith
The Dunedin Street Art Trail – Artwork by Devon Smith
Curious and creative views of Ōtepoti as I wander each charter’d street.
Street Art By Jon Thom
Art Toitu Museum – Artwork by Jon Thom
Curious and creative views of Ōtepoti as I wander each charter’d street.
Street Art By Be Free
The Dunedin Street Art Trail – Artwork by Be Free
Curious and creative views of Ōtepoti as I wander each charter’d street.
Street Art By Bruce Mahalski
The Dunedin Street Art Trail – Artwork by Bruce Mahalski
Curious and creative views of Ōtepoti as I wander each charter’d street.
Street Art On Bond Street
The Dunedin Street Art Trail
Curious and creative views of Ōtepoti as I wander each charter’d street.
Summer Change At Lawyers Head
Summer change at Lawyers Head
The warmth of the afternoon that had seemingly lingered forever, finally gave way late in the day. The clear blue skies had been engulfed by a dark, mood bank of cloud that had rolled in, bringing with it intense wind gusts that seemed intent on battering everything in its path. The once calm and peaceful blue ocean had been transformed into a brooding, angry mass that was beginning to churn and swell into the rocky shoreline of Lawyers Head and beyond to St Kilda beach. Far off in the distance the gathering clouds gave an ominous prediction of heavy rain. The once lovely summer’s day had suddenly changed, almost as if by the flick of a switch.
Low Tide At St Clair
Low tide at St Clair
The light melted into the horizon, as evening hues spread across the calm, mirror-like ocean. I waded in the still water, the lingering warmth of the day remaining present for a few minutes. The shoreline curved gently, its silhouette darkness against the glow of the setting sun. Waves lapped lazily around my ankles, the world quieting with each fading ray.
Dusk In The Dunes
Dusk in sand dunes at St Kilda beach
The evening light set the ocean alight with warm hues of orange, yellow and blue as I walked through the dunes. Nearby the gentle swell rolling toward the shore. It was early summer, and the air, filled with salt, carried the last traces of the day’s warmth. Silhouetted hills loomed in the distance while sea grasses swayed lazily on the dunes. The quiet beauty of the sunset fading as the light dipped.
Dunedin Evening Light
Sunset beyond St Clair
The ocean, alive and golden, shimmered like glass as the sun sank behind the hills above St Clair. I floated, suspended in water that glowed with the kind of warmth only early summer knows. Waves rolled gently to the shore, while clouds blushed a deep, contented orange. The world, caught between day and night and for a fleeting moment as the last of the daylight shimmered on the horizon.
Sunset On St Kilda Beach.
Sunset on St Kilda beach.
Here in Dunedin it’s getting to that lovely time of year when the sun rises early, the days are warm and the light lasts long into the evening. At this time instead of the sun setting behind the hills, it dips below the horizon far down the coast. Meaning from beaches like St Kilda, you can sit on the beach deep into evening and watch it fade from sight with the hypnotic rhythms of breaking waves acting as a backdrop.
Flooding In Ross Creek
Flooding In Ross Creek
Back in October Dunedin had its wettest day in over a century. Three times the usual rainfall expected in October fell in the city in just 48 hours. 38 roads were closed including State Highways to the north and south of the city, communities were cut off and suburbs were flooded. A state of emergency was put in place and all over the region there were landslides and rivers bursting their banks.
An Early Dunedin Morning
Early morning in the Exchange
I found myself on an early Dunedin morning, ambling into The Exchange where I spent a few minutes watching the city come awake. The air had a fresh untouched feel to it as the soft orange hues that appeared with the break of day were hit with sunlight. That’s what I love about mornings, they have a fresh, new, anything is possible feel to them. Unless of course you’re wildly hungover. Fortunately I wasn’t, so I savored watching the city stretch and yawn. I sipped my coffee and admired the urban patchwork stitched together by time and light.
Second Beach in Dunedin
Second Beach in Dunedin
Made up completely of rock, Second Beach is nearly impossible to walk on without your feet sinking into the stones. Years of consistent wave movement have created great drifts of raggedly oval stones worn to a polished smoothness. At the same time, the sea crashes into the shore creating a seemingly endless musical score of stones clattering on the shoreline while the air is filled with the smell of seaweed and spray from saltwater. It has tidal rock pools, unstable cliffs, disused quarry structures that are nearly eighty years old and occasionally you’ll see Sea Lions or Fur Seals basking on the shoreline. It’s one of the most glorious places in Dunedin.
Dunedin Street Art – Team Hoiho
Yellow-Eyed Penguins Street Art by Bruce Mahalski
If you’re looking to do something a little different in Dunedin then checking out the street art is a great place to start. There’s so many these days that it’s pretty easy to simply wander the inner city, you’ll find them eventually! However, if wandering isn’t your thing, then there’s a Dunedin Street Art map that can be downloaded. Be warned though, it’s a few years old and there’s been many additions to the local street walls since it was last updated. This one is by local artist Bruce Mahalski was added to Burlington Street in 2021.