Delicious food + fine local brews & wines + entertainment
Music: David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights + King Leo + Radler
Folks: Sam Hunt + Gaeme Sinclair + Celebrity chef demos
Plus: Childrens’ area + fishing comp + loads of kai moana
Train rides to and from the festival for ticket holders
On Saturday October 1st, the Taieri Gorge Railway train will be taking people to and from from the Port Chalmers Seafood Festival.
Cost: gold coin donation.
There are limited seats (400 per train trip) and these are available on a first-in-first-served basis. Festival ticket holders need to pick up their train tickets from the Dunedin Railway Station. Office hours are: 8:30 AM to 5 PM weekdays, and 9 AM to 3 PM on weekends.
- green ticket SOLD OUT
leaves Dunedin for Port at 10:30 AM
leaves Port to return to Dunedin at 2:00 PM - pink ticket SOLD OUT
leaves Dunedin for Port at 12:00 NOON
leaves Port to return to Dunedin at 4:00 PM - yellow ticket
leaves Dunedin for Port at 1:30 PM
leaves Port to return to Dunedin at 5:00 PM
You can return to Dunedin on whatever train you like, depending on the availabilty of seats. Passengers with the correct coloured ticket will get first choice. And everybody can just jump on a free bus back to town!
Free buses to and from the festival for ticket holders
Otago Road Services are providing buses all day to and from the festival! There will be limited space for parking at Port Chalmers, so we are encouraging people to take the bus or the train.
from Dunedin Railway Station to Port Chalmers
10.30am - 12 noon
buses leaving every 15 minutes (first bus is at 10.30)
12 noon - 4.00pm
buses leaving every half hour (last bus to the festival is at 4pm)
from Port Chalmers to Dunedin Railway Station
11.30am - 3.00pm
buses leaving every half hour
3.00pm to 5.30pm
buses leaving every 15 minutes (last bus is 5.30pm)
Don't miss the last free bus back to town! If you do, it's a long walk ... or a taxi ride. There is also a regular public bus running at 6.55pm, and then the last one for the day leaves Port at 11.25pm.
Taieri Gorge Railway
Phone (03) 477 4449
visit the Taieri Gorge Railway website
Cruise to Port Chalmers on The Monarch!
Avoid the traffic and take a leisurely cruise down to the Seafood festival aboard the M.V. Monarch.
The cost is $10 per person, each way. The Monarch can carry a maximum of 75 people. Please visit or call the Monarch office to book and pay for your seat.
from Dunedin to Port Chalmers:
leaving Dunedin wharf at 10am
leaving Dunedin wharf at 1pm
returning from Port Chalmers to Dunedin:
leaving Port Chalmers wharf at 11.30am
leaving Port Chalmers wharf at 5pm
The trip takes around an hour, and leaves from the Monarch's berth at 20 Fryatt St. Fryatt Street has plenty of free all-day parking!
Free ferry from Portobello!
There are also free boat trips to and from the Portobello Aquarium! (also known as the NZ Marine Studies Centre and Aquarium)
Trips will run at 30 minutes intervals, starting at 10.45 am.
10.45am leaving Portobello Aquarium wharf
11.15am leaving Festival at Port Chalmers to return to Portobello
11.45am leaving Portobello Aquarium wharf
12.15pm leaving Festival at Port Chalmers to return to Portobello
And so on, until the last trip leaves from the festival at 5.15pm
Festival tickets can be purchased when you arrive over at the festival.
Festival-goers who wish to visit the Aquarium can do so for a $5 charge. The normal price for an adult is $12.50, or $6 for a child. Aquarium tickets can be bought at the Aquarium stall in the children’s marquee. If you want to visit the Aquarium during the festival, you can book your space on the ferry, at the Aquarium stall in the children’s marquee.
See you there!
Monarch Wildlife Cruises
Phone (03) 477 4276
visit the Monarch website
