A crib is southern lingo for a bach, and most of the buildings on the 21-kilometre-long Otago Peninsula were once either cribs or farmhouses. As roads improved, many of the cribs gave way to houses, and those parts of the peninsula closer to Dunedin have become suburbs of the city. Waverly, Vauxhall, Shiel Hill, and Andersons Bay, at the base of the peninsula, are now close-packed houses. Further out, Macandrew Bay is definitely suburban, and Broad Bay largely so. Portobello, two-thirds of the way along, is a transitional area, but the farther reaches still host mainly crib-type abodes.