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By Chiefofdeepwoods
June 30th 2008

Southern Scenic Route Part 2

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Wooden Lighthouse

NZ Day 9 We thought we were doing the main tourist route but we found ourselves quite out of the way of the typical tourists Our first stop was at the oldest wooden lighthouse. It was a beautiful sight and view of the ocean but we were a little disappointed that we didn’t see any seals or sea lions dolphins or penguins, which the guidebook said we might see. Our next stop was the infamous Slope Point. The southern most place on the south island of NZ. The description in the guidebook made us think that this was a very [View Full Entry]

By mini303
February 20th 2008

Curio Bay

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Pinguine
Auf dem Weg zu den Jungen

Also, ich war gerade wirklich fuer zwei Tage am anderen Ende der Welt!!! In den Catlines gibt es wirklich kein Internet, Handyempfang, Supermarkt... Aber man kann jeden Abend die Pinguine bei der Fuetterung ihrer Jungen sehen und Delphine beobachten oder einsam am wilden Strand entlangwandern. Ich habe den einen Tag mit zwei Deutschen (Natascha und Regine) einen Ausflug durch die Catlines gemacht, das war wieder einmal beeindruckend... [View Full Entry]

By Jaseandrach
September 30th 2007

Catlins Continued...

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cathedral cave
Entrance to the fantastic cathedral cave, a huge horse shoe cave carved out from the sea.

Cathedral Caves First stop was Cathedral Caves and we arrived right on time for low tide! We walked through the rainforest bush which spiralled down to the beach and then clambered over the rocks to explore the caves, as even at low tide, waves were washing into both cave entrances. The caves were joined at the back and were very pretty, with purple colouration in the rocks. We staggered back up the winding path to the car park, feeling quite invigorated from a bit of morning exercise! McClean Falls The exercise didn't end at Cathedral Caves, as we had a shorter [View Full Entry]

By FemkeWillemtravels
April 3rd 2007

New Zealand - Catlins NP

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Catlins

Catlins National Park - From Invercargill we travelled to Dunedin via the southern scenic route, through Catlins national park. On the way we stopped at Nugget point to see pinguins, at a fossile forest, at the most southern part of NZ and we spotted dolphins, yellow eyed pinguins and sea lions. We brachten de nacht door in Invercargill, zodat we daar de volgende ochtend konden starten met de southern scenic route. Eerst even uitslapen en wasjes draaien. De southern scenic route gaat via een kronkelweg langs de kust en je kunt onderweg allerlei dingen bekijken. wij zijn gest [View Full Entry]

By Humulu
February 26th 2007

The Catlins- Curio Bay - Invercargill

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The Southerly Wind at Curio Bay

After a great night's rest, we took of this morning with a stiff wind blowing (the ominous southerly is blowing up from Antarctica) and we are headed for a day of wildlife viewing, lot's of stops for little hikes and the South of the South: 4800 km from the South Pole!!! We first travelled through the Catlins, which is an area known for it's ridges of native bush forest, beautiful beaches and rugged coastline. There are sheep everywhere!!! (more on that later). We stop at Nugget Point to walk up the lighthouse and watch the seals play in the water and [View Full Entry]

By Hambo
January 3rd 2007

Curio Bay - Penguiin watching

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Stayed in Curio Bay and tried to find some rare Yellow Eyed Penguins. None. Drove to Kaka Point for a stroll along the beach and in the surf. Very nice area. Very remote too... [View Full Entry]

By JimboyPhils
September 25th 2006

Te Anau to Queenstown

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TE-ANAU-01
Hiking in Te Anau

Today was the last day in Te Anau. Our see-kayaking trip was canceled by the kayak company so we made the best of it by taking a hike along a river. The trail we were on was used for a scene in the Lord of the Rings. There was a carpet of green vegetation on everything -the ground, the trees, the rocks. It seemed like a good place for a hobbit anyway. The hike ended at a small lake. In the afternoon we drove to Queenstown to start the adventure portion of the trip. Queenstown is on a beautiful lake and [View Full Entry]

By Johanna
April 3rd 2006

Bottom Bus Continues!

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Curio Bay!
Road signs at Curio!For a town with a population of 11 humans, 35 penguins and 103 dolphins!

Sorry no words yet! [View Full Entry]

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