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Timaru is more than just a drive through destination! There are heaps of awesome activities on offer. Discover 20+ unique things to do in Timaru below!
This post may contain affiliate links to tours and hotels. These help us earn a small commission at no additional charge to you. Baldwin Street in Dunedin, New Zealand lays claim to being the steepest street in the world, and has shiny Guinness Book of Records certificate to back up this accolade. Guinness says the 161.2 metres of Baldwin’s upper-most section “…climbs a vertical height of 47.22m, an average gradient of 1 in 3.41. On its steepest section, the gradient is 1 in 2.86”. We aren’t entirely what this all means but what we can say is, it is STEEP! You definitely get a good work out, climbing up the hill tall the way to the top. Due to how sharp the incline is, you have to park at the foot of the hill and then make the walk up – even the hill’s residents have had to construct level drives and carports off the road as the street is just too steep to leave a car parked safely on. Given the parking situation and in an attempt to visit Baldwin Street without too many other tourists (it is becoming very popular with cruise ship passengers), we visited early one […]
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