Here’s another post about The Catlins! It’s nice to have this pleasant area so relatively close to us, starting less than an hour to the east of Invercargill. There are hikes in the forests, hikes to waterfalls and a lot of coastline to explore, along with the wonderful small towns and cafes.
Our goals for this trip were to go to Matai Falls and hopefully to Cathedral Caves. Well, Cathedral Caves was still closed because of lambing season and the higher winter/spring tides, but we did get to enjoy Matai Falls. Matai Falls is about a twenty-minute walk from the car park, and it’s worth the bit of effort. It’s character is that it’s smaller than some of the other waterfalls and more intimate. It’s sorta tucked into it’s little valley rather tightly and pleasantly.
After Matai Falls, we drove over to Nugget Point so that Asta could enjoy her first taste of it. The weather wasn’t as nice as the first time that we were there, but Asta got the idea. We also managed to see some New Zealand Fur Seals, and that’s always a treat. And, again, we enjoyed the small communities along the way!!!
Enjoy,
46 S. EnZed signing off…
Z – I’ve only been blogging for about four months, since we moved to NZ. But, I’ve been writing for years and years, just not via this medium… 😉 ~~Tim!