Whitestone City — Attraction in South Island

What an amazing place and museum. How often will you hear in your normal museum "please touch everything and explore"? Probably barely but here we heard it many times and didn't stop. What a fun place. From exploring the barber shop to the grocery store to the pharmacy to mix some potions. Dressing up is included and encouraged and was so much fun. We played crocket after for the first time in our beautiful dresses, took some amazing photos. Went on the penny farthing ride afterwards (still amazed how people manage to ride these), and made our way to the bar for some games before sitting down with 'our teacher Miss Yvonne'....

Whitestone City is a lot of fun. Rather than just walking through a museum looking at old stuff you get to be part of it, like being a kid in an old classroom, riding on the Penny Farthing, playing the old style arcade game in the brothel. Very interactive and the staff are fun, helpful and really seem like they enjoy being there. Great for the whole family not just the kids. It was the highlight of our day and one of the best things we did in Oamaru. You...

It's a small place that used to be a grain and seed storage room but you will fun have here if you enjoy seeing Victorian objects. It's an interactive museum so you can touch absolutely everything. They have a barber shop, a grocery shop, newspaper office, doctor's place, a carousel and the old train tracks so that you can imagine how the train got inside the place to refill it's wagons with seeds. For an extra, you can dress up in Victorian costumes and take some fun...