NZ - South Island Trip Day 6 (9 Mar)
Invercargill -> Bluff -> Catlins -> Balclutha -> Dunedin
Invercargill is very neat and orderly and not surprizing, Vincent love this place. BTW, its also called "The Friendly City".
We went to Southland Museum and Art Gallery early in the morning to look at the Tautarium (World's only regular captive breeding program of the strangely pre-historic tuatara lizard) only to find none was out. So we went to Bluff instead.
Bluff was the oldest European town in NZ and home of the famous rock oysters. It was also the launching point to Stewart Island (we didn't go).
Stirling point & Oyster boat at Maritime Muesum
We went back to the Tautarium after our trip to Bluff and guess who did we saw...
Henry! He is now over 100 years old
Catlins coastal drive was not an easy one. Most of the roads were unsealed. But it was beautiful!
Catlins coastal
Fossil forest at Curior Bay. The original floor of a Jurassic sub-tropical forest of Kauri trees, conifers, etc.
Slope Point - Southernmost point of the South Island
We were in time for the low tide walk to Cathedral Caves. Its an 80 mins round trip walk along the beach at low tide only. Some passing resemblances to a cathedral.
Still sometimes we have to run and jump up a rock with some really big waves.
We knew that we would reach Dunedin late tonight, so we packed some fish and chip for dinner. I also ordered some scallops (NZ$0.60 each) and its was delicous.
posted by Petcy @ 8:15 AM
