I was pleasantly surprised by Oamaru. The bit that everyone goes on about - the old part - is really only a couple of blocks. Nice as they are, I was expecting more.
What did surprise me was that it just seemed like a nice town, a pleasant place to holiday and do nothing. There were a few decent cafes. And an art gallery - the Forrester Gallery - which has a superb collection of McCahon works, including some stunning early works.
And then there's Janet Frame. This is one of her childhood homes, which is now a museum of all things Frame. Well, I think that's the case, but I didn't actually go in as I had places to go, things to shoot.
