Invercargill, Dunedin

This time we discovered the south coast of the South Island.


The region is famous for its wetlands.

Here we spotted the New Zealand falcon. But the weather was not so good and we drove to Invercargill (the southernmost city) with only a few stops...

Having reached our destination, we decided to use the bad weather and go to the cinema. We watched "Tangled" and we now see why Gaby recommended it to us ("mother knows best").

Here in the far south the sun works overtime. So we went out after dinner and discovered the city in the twilight. The sun set only around 9:45 pm.

Today we headed for Dunedin.

On our way we passed the southernmost point of the New Zealand mainland. It was really windy (and maybe you can see on the picture, that Oli has to hold on to the sign, so he isn't blown away...).

We next made stop at Curio Bay where a fossil forest can be seen on the beach. But Flo was much more interested in this little fellow she discovered.

It is a Hoiho (yellow-eyed penguin) which is the rarest penguin in the world. Even the information sign near the beach suggested, that you can count yourself lucky if you see one!

By the time we had arrived at Florence Hill the sky had cleared up and we enjoyed our lunch with this wonderful view.

At Nugget Point, so named for the big rocks in the sea, we also saw some seals.

Finally we arrived in Dunedin. As it was quite late and we were very hungry and tired we decided to discover the city tomorrow.