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    Whale Fossil Lookout

    Whale Fossil Lookout

    Scenic SpotsClutha, Otago New Zealand 🇳🇿

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    Whale Fossil Lookout

    Scenic SpotsClutha, Otago New Zealand 🇳🇿

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    10 Reviews

    🇬🇧
    Anonymous
    Nov 18, 2024
    Negative

    Not worth the detour

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    Anonymous
    Mar 14, 2019
    Neutral

    Not really interesting except if you love fossils.

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    Anonymous
    Jan 11, 2019
    Neutral

    Waste of time

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    Anonymous
    Dec 15, 2018
    Positive

    Whale it's a good view and you can really see the lower jaw bone of the animal

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    Anonymous
    Dec 15, 2018
    Positive

    A bit underwhaleming

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    Anonymous
    Mar 2, 2018
    Neutral

    Nice lookout but disappointing fossils and not worth the detour.

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    Anonymous
    Nov 18, 2017
    Negative

    This place is not worth the detour ...

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    Anonymous
    Sep 13, 2017
    Neutral

    Waste of time ...

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    Anonymous
    Jun 29, 2017
    Neutral

    Not worth a detour! The gravel road is muddy at the end and the view is not that AMAZING. Trust me so much more to do further!

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    Anonymous
    Apr 21, 2017
    Positive

    Pretty good, but need to open a stone road, if you like quiet no one disturbed the place, will be a good choice!

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