Gemma looks longingly at North East Valley butcher Neville Eskrick's mouth watering window display.
Taking two different approaches to their Taieri Gorge Railway suburban train trip from Mosgiel to Dunedin last September are Tessa Abey (1) with friend Julie Ryan; and Alex Wearing, both of Dunedin.
A WWII P-51 Mustang fighter over Dunedin as part of Armistice Day commemorations.
Steam locomotives JB1236 (front) and Ab663 puff their way up an incline into Seacliff during their journey to Dunedin for the Otago Central rail link's 130th anniversary in October.
A car climbs Baldwin Street on a dark winter evening.
Tallulah Belle, a pug-Pekinese cross, slips her lead from Clayton Barker during a walk at Opoho Park.
Refreshments await curlers at the Lower Manorburn Dam during the Wilson Rosebowl bonspiel last July.
Caversham players Tom Jackson, Tim Cook and Robbie Deeley celebrate their Footballsouth Premier League Trophy win against Roslyn Wakari in August.
Dunedin-based Otago Daily Times staff photographer Gerard O'Brien selected some of his favourite photos of 2009. Prints available from otagoimages.co.nz.