Food The food was ok. There was one restaurant that had pizza and it was ok. There was also a pie shop (a pie shop that sold meat pies). And two good American chains that we ate at a few times. And there was also a different pizza place that was really good. There is […]
Food The food was great. There was an ok place on the way to Te Anau. It had ok burgers. There was also a place that had good chicken fingers and fries. There was a different restaurant that was called the moose tavern and it had good food. In the same town, there was also […]
From Invercargill we took the slow route (Once again the Southern Scenic) to Dunedin through a region known as the Catlins. Despite driving through the heart of the Catlins I couldn’t quite relay what it is succinctly. There are ragged coast lines, farms, waterfalls and untouched temperate rainforests. It was scenic, but scenery changed quickly. […]
Invercargill & Bluff
From Te Anau we headed down the Southern Scenic Route, towards Invercargill. The scenery changed to greener, lower hills and farmland. Most “towns” were a couple of buildings. Along the way we stopped at a historic suspension bridge, built in 1890s and used until the 1970s. Now it’s just for curious tourists. We also lingered […]
Te Anau from above
Our base for the excursion to Milford Sound was Te Anau, a small town on the southern end of Lake Te Anau. Te Anau exists almost exclusively to support Milford Sound tourism, and was hit hard in February when the road to Milford Sound was closed by a series of massive landslides. The pandemic hit […]
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