Feel like you are in a Victorian novel and visit the stunning and evocative Tunnel Beach, where in the 1870’s John Cargill, a son of Captain William Cargill, excavated a tunnel down to a secluded beach so that the Cargill families could bathe in privacy away from the prying eyes of St Clair.

Tunnel Beach has been called the most romantic spot in Dunedin. The beach has massive sandstone boulders and mysterious graffiti carved into the cliffs.

Definitely best visited at low tide, this beach is a twenty minute walk downhill from the car park on Tunnel Beach Road through private farm land takes you to a magnificent sandstone sea arch and man-made tunnel to the secluded beach with fossil filled cliffs on all sides.