We then continued north to Oamaru, another gold rush boomtown famous for its stone, which was used for most of the grand buildings in the South Island. (This is now the fourth gold rush boomtown we've seen in the South Island. I think the tourism authorities may be overplaying this story a bit, as the whole island seems to be portrayed as a gold rush). We had lunch at the Bridge Cafe, which serves huge portions to huge customers. We then walked around the city for a couple of hours. I think we were the only tourists, but it's actually a semi-interesting town, with a real (albeit only a century old) historic center.