Early morning from Signal Hill.
Extra Information
The heart of the city lies on the relatively flat land to the west of the
head of the Otago Harbour.
Here is The Octagon - once a gully, it was filled in the mid nineteenth
century to create the present plaza. The initial settlement of the city
took place to the south on the other side of Bell Hill, a large outcrop
which had to be reduced in order to provide easy access between the two
parts of the settlement. The central city stretches away from this point in
a largely northeast-southwest direction, with the main streets of George
Street and Princes Street meeting at The Octagon. Here they are joined by
Stuart Street, which runs orthogonal to them, from the Dunedin Railway
Station in the southeast, and steeply up to the suburb of Roslyn in the
northwest. Many of the older, more established buildings in the city are
located in the southern part of this area and on the inner ring of lower
hills which surround the central city (most of these hills, such as Maori
Hill, Pine Hill, and Maryhill, rise to some 200 metres (660 ft) above the
plain).
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