Timaru sits about midway between
Christchurch and Dunedin. It has everything you need for a pleasant stopover. Caroline Bay has a safe swimming beach, a maze,
a landscaped piazza and walks. A collection of restaurants and cafés links the beach to the main shopping area. If
you’re thirsty, consider a tour of the local brewery. The city’s excellent museum has moa-hunter artefacts and
all kinds of whaling relics; the art gallery holds the third largest public art collection in the South Island. Timaru has
many grand Victorian and Edwardian buildings, constructed in local volcanic bluestone.
