What it is
When surveyor Charles Kettle planned Dunedin in 1846, he set out an octagonal ring road, Moray Place, enclosing a smaller octagon at its centre. That inner space is now a terraced plaza crossed by George and Princes Streets, which meet here as the city's main street.
On the upper terrace stands Sir John Steell's statue of the poet Robert Burns, unveiled in 1887; Burns's nephew Thomas Burns was one of the founders of the Otago settlement. Around the plaza are the Municipal Chambers, St Paul's Anglican Cathedral, the Regent Theatre and the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Bronze plaques set into the paving form a Writers' Walk with quotations from writers connected with the city.
Getting there by bus
The Bus Hub on Great King Street, about 190 m away, is the main interchange for Orbus Dunedin. Stop J (stop 5009) serves routes 5, 10 and 19, Stop A (stop 5000) routes 37, 61 and 63, Stop I (stop 5008) routes 8, 44, 55 and 72, Stop B (stop 5001) route 14 and Stop H (stop 5007) routes 1, 30, 33 and 35.
On the southern side, Princes St, 138 (stop 770), around 3 minutes' walk, is served by routes 5, 8, 10, 18, 19, 30, 33, 35, 44, 55, 61, 63, 77 and 78.
