The Elephant Rocks
This is a great place for anybody to explore. Pristine green grass farmland with amazing limestone rock formation sticking out of the ground all over the place. I've been here in the mid-day sun, snowy winter and for autumn sunsets, it really is great any time of the year. There are heaps of great rock climbing spots and places for a picnic. Back in 2005 they also filmed Aslan's camp from the Chronicles of Narnia here, if you know where to look you might just find some of the old set still out and about.
Directions
From Oamaru, it's a 35 minute drive along a very fun country road. Take the Weston Rd inland and then in Weston take the left onto Weston-Ngapara Rd. Follow this for about half an hour and you will see the sign and probably a few cars parked up on the side of the road. This is what your after. Its about a 2 minute walk over to the rocks. Sheep will probably be present.
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