The Catlins Experience

 

Hamburger from Peake's Kitchen, Papatowai.

 

 A ponga growing in the native bush near the Cathedral Caves.

 

 Coming into the entrance of the Cathedral Caves.

 

 

View of the ocean from the mouth of the Cathedral Caves.

 

A petrified log at the petrified forest in Curio Bay.

 

A petrified tree stump at Curio Bay displaying its ancient tree rings.

 

 

Blue cod fish & chips in Curio Bay.

 

Purakanui Falls, a beautiful waterfall in the Catlins.

 

A rocky outcrop in the remote Cannibal Bay.

 

The Nugget Point lighthouse.

 

 The 'nuggets' of Nugget Point.

 

 

Sea lions near Nugget Point. These giant sea mammals are abundant in the Catlins and are one of New Zealand's few native mammals.

Pāua shells from Kaka Point. Usually not very common, at this remote, windswept beach, they are bountiful. Also, the shells grow larger in colder water