Portobello, New Zealand

Portobello is a small village on the Otago Peninsula and part of the city of Dunedin in New Zealand. The place is right on the Otago Harbour and can be reached on the coastal road halfway from Dunedin to Taiaroa Head, the tip of the Otago Peninsula.

The name for the settlement was a village in Scotland, 5 km from Edinburgh lying on the lake, borrowed. In the census had the statistical territory Broad Bay Portobello 1996 1.134, 2001 1.086 2006 1.107 inhabitants and

Thousands of tourists travel every year on their journey to Taiaroa Head through the village, to see the royal albatross, yellow-eyed penguins and seal colonies on the coast. Except for a few cafes, small hotels and snacks Portobello has not much to offer, unless you drive 1.5 km on a gravel road of the small offshore Peninsula to New Zealand Marine Studies Centre. There, a marine exhibition is operated with attached marine aquarium.

The history of Portobello depends very closely with the settlement Otago by the European settlers together (refer to the settlement history of Dunedin and the Otago Peninsula ). From the turn of the century in 1900 Portobello was one of the most important destinations in the region. Who did not want to take the arduous journey by car via the coastal road up, came over with the pleasure boat. But at least with the Great Depression (1929-1941), Dunedin lost economic importance and Portobello so on recreational value.

Today, located in the village, as also to the entire coastal road of the Otago Harbour along, allow many small artisans and galleries, the tourists with time an insight into the art scene in the region.

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All sources in English

• Hardwicke Knight: Otago Peninsula - A Local History, Author's Edition, No. 113, signed limited edition of 200 copies, Broad Bay, OItago Peninsula, Dunedin, 1978
• Hardwicke Knight, John the Vries: Known The region Drive 6, Otago Regional Committee, Dunedin, 1971.