Otago
Waikouaiti whaling and pre-gold farm port
Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Old bottles
Clay pipe stems
Sea potteryAlso reported: whaling gear.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0), NPS (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Johnny Jones's 1840 whaling and farming settlement predating Dunedin, with a beach landing and later spa; estuary margins hold some of Otago's earliest European refuse.
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