That's the way it glows...

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We drove from Dunedin through the green rolling-hills region of the Catlins stopping en route at the wonderful Nugget Point. Here we saw more seals, another yellow-eyed penguin (strangely in the daytime) and our first NZ Hooker's sealions.\

We stayed overnight at the "Falls Backpackers" about 1km walk up the road from Purakaunui Falls which we visited twice - firstly during the day and then later that evening to see glowworms. The backpackers place itself was located on a deer farm and, due to the time of year, we were serenaded throughout the night by roaring stags. We even found a fellow Brit and a couple from Colorado game enough to take Emma on at Trivial Pursuits (New Zealand edition).

The next day we enjoyed free range eggs from the farm and then set off on the drive via Invercargill to Manapouri, stopping on the way at a petrified forest at Curio Bay and for those readers who know Bristol, the eerily named "Clifden Suspension Bridge".

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Photos

They actually developed this photo!
...but it had to be done!