

"It was then evident that Sandfly Bay was not to be reached from this point without an amount of time and labor for which we were not quite prepared.'' Sandfly Bay and Gull Rock near Dunedin, 1865, by Nicholas Chevalier. Image: Te Papa (1919-0002-14) : Sandfly Bay just out of reach but what a walk
"It was then evident that Sandfly Bay was not to be reached from this point without an amount of time and labor for which we were not quite prepared.'' Sandfly Bay and Gull Rock near Dunedin, 1865, by Nicholas Chevalier. Image: Te Papa (1919-0002-14) : Sandfly Bay just out of reach but what a walk


"We spied a little way beneath us, a small clearing, with a house and some out buildings, fowls and all the usual adjuncts of a settlement.'' A settler's new home near Dunedin, 1865, by Nicholas Chevalier. Image: Te Papa (1919-0002-7) : Sandfly Bay just out of reach but what a walk
"We spied a little way beneath us, a small clearing, with a house and some out buildings, fowls and all the usual adjuncts of a settlement.'' A settler's new home near Dunedin, 1865, by Nicholas Chevalier. Image: Te Papa (1919-0002-7) : Sandfly Bay just out of reach but what a walk
Sandfly Bay just out of reach but what a walk
In the mid-1860s the Otago Daily Times published a lively series of articles titled ‘‘Rambles Round Dunedin’’. The correspondent, writing under...
