The vibrant student seaside town setting, surrounded by lush coastal scenery immediately makes me think of England’s gay Mecca, Brighton. ‘Plan D’ plays on the idea that while you can’t go overseas, by visiting Dunedin you can find slices of what you were craving from international travel, and as we drive in the city – it all makes sense.
It had been twenty years since I visited Ōtepoti but, Enterprise Dunedin’s tongue-in-cheek ‘Plan D’ campaign re-peaked my interest and with both Dunedin Pride and Dunedin Fringe basking in March’s late Summer sun, it seemed like the perfect time to venture South. So synonymous with students, it’s easy to forget to revisit Ōtepoti (Dunedin) once we enter the working world, but a trip South to take in their Pride festival reminds Oliver Hall that our thriving Southern city has so much to offer.Īs well as shielding us from the worst of the pandemic, closed borders reminded us to visit places around the country we hadn’t seen for a long time.
