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Monday, December 6, 2010

Tunnel Beach, New Zealand



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Tunnel Beach is a must in all the guide books if you visit Dunedin. Access to the beach is via a track across private farmland, and is open year round excluding lambing season from August to October. The track was opened in 1983, and is a popular walking track. It descends 490 ft above sea level.
The Sea Arch is stunning and the tunnel decends through thick rock with 72 steps to the beach.

Beyond the beauty of the rugged sandstone cliffs, its claim to fame is the tunnel down to the beach that a local politician from the 1870s. He had commissioned this tunnel  for his daughters, wanting a private beach for picnics.
John at trail head
Jen above tunnel going down to beach........

Alex and John with High Tide
Alex checking out the view.....
Gorgeous!

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