Activities and Attractions

Mountain bikes can be hired and offer an alternative means to explore the local area. The 20 minute ride to the beach is a must, with fantastic scenery and an unspoiled beach line, safe for swimming or walking.

• Surfing
• Fishing
• Sea kayaking
• Deep-sea fishing available by arrangement.
• Picnics and BBQ's. Picnic hampers by arrangement.
• North Otago Golf Club. 15 minutes drive from Olive Grove, an 18 Hole course, Par 72. Magnificent views of the Pacific Ocean and the mountains.
• Horse and Carriage Rides
• Local Horse-riding can easily be arranged on request.
• A listing of local information and services can be found here.

• Located between Oamaru and Moeraki, Olive Grove is ideally situated for the famous Moeraki Boulders, or take Lyn's 100% natural penguin tour at the Moeraki Lighthouse, home of the Yellow Eyed Penguins as well as New Zealand fur seals and spotted shags. Oamaru provides the facilities to view the Blue Penguins at night, offers historic walking tours, or visit the Whitestone Cheese factory and café, the North Otago Museum and The Forrester Gallery. • Alternatively visit Trotters Gorge, Shags Point, Totara Estate, Graves Dam, Vanishing World or the Elephant rocks, the location of the film setting for The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe, all conveniently situated in the surrounding area. Most of these places are not commercially run enterprises, so there are not lots of people there and they are FREE!.

Tours are available at the local Oamaru Stone quarry in Weston. Oamaru stone is a unique limestone used for carving. Parkside Quarry is the only quarry providing Limestone building materials in New Zealand.

• Oamaru is renowned for its architecture. Many of the magnificent 19th century buildings are fashioned from Oamaru limestone.
• Macraes gold mine tours in Palmerston.
• Penguin Express
• View the spectacular night sky with no light pollution to detract from the bright planets, stars, Southern Cross, Milky Way and often satellites going overhead.
• Farming the land organically offers natural homes to many native birds providing an ideal setting for bird-watching, both here and close-by lagoons and waterways.

• Stay with a genuine NZ family who live on site, home-school their children and provide a friendly, inviting environment. Advice can be provided regarding future destinations as we have travelled the country extensively and can help you with your plans. • Check out your hostess Lyn's artwork collection. • Scottish Highland Cattle, NZ Donkeys, briard dog, angora cats and Chickens • Organic free range eggs, Home grown herbs available for purchase. • Vegetable and herb gardens available for organic meals with further, extensive seasonal organic produce available from local producers.

• Traditional organic German bread and cakes baked at Harbour Street bakery in Oamaru.
• Brydone Growers Organic Farm Shop. Vegetables, fruit, nuts and grains available.
• Two 2nd degree Reiki practioners and a Reiki Master available for treatments.
• Outdoor bath and Wood fired pizza oven.

Dunedin:

• One hour to Dunedin, the Scottish Town of New Zealand.
• Taleri Gorge Train Trip
• Cadbury’s World Tour
• Speights Brewery Tour
• Botanical Gardens (rhododendron festival in Spring)
• Larnach Castle
• Olveston House
• World’s Steepest Street
• Monarch Wildlife Cruise
• The Royal Albatross Centre