![\"2295-0021-New-Zealand-Garage-Door\"](\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2295-0021-New-Zealand-Garage-Door.jpg\")
Later we stopped in the town of Lawrence, where a discovered a red bicycled stapled to the wall of a building in the main street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"2295-0033-Red-Bicycle-Lawrence-New-Zealand\"](\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2295-0033-Red-Bicycle-Lawrence-New-Zealand.jpg\")
We arrived in Dunedin later that afternoon. The following day we made a trip to the Royal Albatross Center. During the 1930’s and 1940’s, a breeding research program was conducted to study the Royal Albatross. These magnificent birds have a wing span of 8-10 feet and spend much of their lives out at sea. During the NZ birds breed at the reserve during the NZ summer. They return to breed every 2 years. While visiting, several albatrosses made flight passes over the visitor center; I managed to capture one decent image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"2296-0050-Royal-Albatross-In-Flight-Dunedin\"](\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2296-0050-Royal-Albatross-In-Flight-Dunedin.jpg\")
After visiting the center, we made our way around the Otago Bay, passing through Dunedin and heading to Port Chalmers. This is one of the ports serving NZ. During the afternoon, we saw one container ship leaving port. I explored the bay, finding several boat houses along the shore. I loved the rusty patina on the roof of this house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"2297-0015-Boat-House-Port-Chalmers\"](\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2297-0015-Boat-House-Port-Chalmers.jpg\")
There are several boat houses along the shore, rust included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"2297-0020-Red-Boat-House-Wall-And-Ladder\"](\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2297-0020-Red-Boat-House-Wall-And-Ladder.jpg\")
In the following image, I created a simple composition the blue and white wall, including the obligatory rusty patches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"2297-0021-Blue-House-Boat-Wall-Port-Chalmers\"](\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2297-0021-Blue-House-Boat-Wall-Port-Chalmers.jpg\")
I zoomed in to capture the roof detail of this house, with contrasting red, white and blue colors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"2297-0025-Red-Roof-Port-Chalmers\"](\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2297-0025-Red-Roof-Port-Chalmers.jpg\")
We continued along the bay road until we reached the breakwater (or mole) at the entrance to the bay. Here we walked out for about a mile or so until we reached the end of the breakwater. I made some images of the ocean waves crashing onto the rocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"2297-0037-Crashing-Waves-Breakwater-Dunedin-Sunrise-Point\"](\"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2297-0037-Crashing-Waves-Breakwater-Dunedin-Sunrise-Point.jpg\")
The breakwater is located opposite the albatross center, we had great views (with binoculars) of the albatrosses, gulls and terns out over the ocean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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