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Day 9 - Journey to Invercargill

 Today we ventured via a tourist road to Invercargill via a lighthouse, a waterfall and a bay.

First stop was a lighthouse at Nugget Pt lighthouse. Though on the way we stopped just along the beach to see and get close to a sea lion. As long as you keep a 20 m distance and don't annoy or obstruct them from the water they just goof about on the beach and roll in the sand. It was really cool to see them up close.


On to the lighthouse which is about a 1 km walk from the car park. We walk about halfway then took some photos and headed back. Some really nice views from the point here.


  

Next stop was Purakaunui falls. Not far off the main track and a short easy walk down to the falls. Worth a stop to see them.




On to Curio Bay for lunch and a stop to see what was there. Nice beaches and a surf spot when the weather is good. Also some bit-ties got Lizzy, so just me who went for quick walk to take in the views and some photos.

 

We did notice along the way lots of really big trees had been blown over or snapped off. Some up to 6-8 tree in row all flattened. Must have been a big storm here not long ago.



                                                        Train - surfer sculpture


                                                        A rather large kelp gull

The roads had lots of twists and turns mostly speed was about 60-70 km/hr . Slow going tourist road.

It was a nice day even if it did rain a bit off and on.

Videos below of the sea lion and the waterfall.

Cheers for now

Rob & Liz

                                                                        waterfall

                                                                         sea lion






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