Catlins - Te Anau
On my drive from Dunedin to Te Anau, I drove through the scenic region in the far south of the South Island, the Catlins, which lies between Dunedin and Invercargill
December 7, 2004

01-CatlinsForest Forest walk through the Catlins, a hilly region at the southern tip of the South Island of New Zealand, between Dunedin and Invercargill 02-PalmTree Fern tree 03-Waterfall Waterfall in the Catlins 04-Waterfall Waterfall 05-MossyTree Mossy tree 06-PurukaunuiRiver Purukaunui River 07-Forest Forest 08-PurukaunuiFalls Purukaunui Falls 09-PurukaunuiFalls Purukaunui Falls 10-River Purukaunui River 11-LittleFalls Little falls 12-Moss Moss 13-LittleWaterfall Mini waterfall 14-LittleWaterfall Little waterfall 15-SmallWaterfall Tiny waterfall 16-PurukaunuiFalls Purukaunui Falls 17-PurukaunuiFalls Purukaunui Falls 18-Jared-PurukaunuiFalls Me, at Purukaunui Falls in the Catlins 19-Sheep Sheep 20-CatlinsForest Catlins forest 21-MataiFalls Matai Falls, also in the Catlins 22-MataiFalls Matai Falls 23-MossyRocks Mossy rocks 24-RushingWater Rushing water 25-MossyRocks Mossy rocks 26-MataiFalls Matai Falls 27-HorseshoeFalls Horseshoe Falls, very near Matai Falls 28-HorseshoeFalls Horseshoe Falls 29-TricklingWaterfall Trickling waterfall 30-TricklingWater Trickling water 31-Ferns Ferns 32-MossySoil Mossy soil 33-Catlins The Catlins 34-CatlinsRoad Road through the Catlins 35-Sheep Sheep 36-Catlins The Catlins 37-CatlinsRoad Catlins road 38-TallGrass Tall grass 39-TahakopaRiver Tahakopa River 40-CatlinsRoad Catlins road 41-TautukuBeach Tautuku Beach on the Southern Ocean 42-FlorenceHill Florence Hill 43-Calf A calf standing alone on Florence Hill, overlooking the ocean 42-TautukuBeach Tautuku Beach 43-CatlinsRoad Catlins Road under construction 44-Invercargill Invercargill, the southernmost city in New Zealand, and perhaps the world 45-WindsockSign Windsock sign, indicating high winds 46-Southland Southland, the region in the southern region of New Zealand, bordered by Fiordland on the west, and Otago on the north 47-RoadSign A pre-intersection road sign in a style very typical of both Australia and New Zealand 48-Southland Southland 49-Southland Southland 50-LakeTeAnau Lake Te Anau, the South Island's largest lake, and NZ's second largest lake overall (behind only Lake Taupo) 51-LakeTeAnau Lake Te Anau, by the town of Te Anau, where I stayed for the night ... this is in fact only a block behind my hostel 52-Lake-Mountains Lake Te Anau and the mountains of Fiordland 53-LakeTeAnau Lake Te Anau 54-LakeTeAnau Lake Te Anau 55-Pebbles Pebbles on the shore 56-SettingSun Setting sun 57-Floatplane Floatplane 58-Mallards Mallards 59-Mallard Mallard 60-Mallard These mallards let me get within two feet of them, it was pretty cool 61-Mallard Mallards 62-Sunset Sunset 63-Sunset Sunset over Lake Te Anau 64-Mallards Mallards 65-Mallards Mallards 66-Sunset Sunset 67-Sunset Sunset 68-Sunset Sunset over Lake Te Anau 69-LakeTeAnau Lake Te Anau 70-TeAnau Te Anau