We headed North West from Dunedin to Central Otago, famed among other things, for its wines, especially Pinot Noir. The journey took us through valleys and by lakes. One of our stops was at Cromwell, a town that was moved in the 1970s to accommodate the building of a dam at Lake Dunstan for hydroelectric power. This resulted in the historic buildings being moved to a precinct by the Lake, taking on the feeling of a film set.
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Shilli-Fully Travels 
Have just discovered the most extraordinary coincidence. Did a google image search of “Crib Point primary school 1970s” and the class photo on your blog came up. I am from the UK but lived in Australia from 1977-1979 when my father was posted to HMAS Cerberus – we lived in Darley Road. I recognised our primary school teacher Miss de Lange in the photo but also saw the name in the blog is Shillingford and the name “David” is mentioned. I went to school with a Dave Shillingford in Canford school in Dorset in mid 1980s. Looking at his face – I am sure it must be him. He was 3 or 4 years older so assume he is late 40s now. We didn’t socialise at Canford school being in different years so would never have discussed or realised that 9 years earlier we attended the same school in a tiny town in Australia. Small world!
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I’ve replied under the “back to school” post. Sarah
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