Visit Catlins on the Southern Scenic Route

As you leave Dunedin, the Southern Scenic Route starts and we enter The Catlins. This will stretch to Queenstown via Invercargill. Main centre is Owaka, and an exciting summer past time is the Southland Woodchopping Circuit.

As you leave Dunedin, the Southern Scenic Route starts and we enter The Catlins. This will stretch to Queenstown via Invercargill. Main centre is Owaka, and an exciting summer past time is the Southland Woodchopping Circuit.

Enroute to Nugget Point Reserve, there's a public viewing hide to view yellow-eyed penguins. A must in The Catlins! While tourism is an obvious earner for the region, the Southland Regional Development Strategy launched on November 30, 2016, has lai…

Enroute to Nugget Point Reserve, there's a public viewing hide to view yellow-eyed penguins. A must in The Catlins! While tourism is an obvious earner for the region, the Southland Regional Development Strategy launched on November 30, 2016, has laid the framework to attract 10,000 more people to a "contemporary, competitive and connected Southland region by 2025".The Government has confirmed investment of $2.4 million into Southland in support of the Strategy.

Nugget Point, which is home to one of the country's oldest lighthousesbuilt in 1869-70.

Nugget Point, which is home to one of the country's oldest lighthousesbuilt in 1869-70.

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He wahi taoka - a special place Kai Tahu mana at Tokata legally recognised in 1998 Treaty of Waitangi settlement

He wahi taoka - a special place Kai Tahu mana at Tokata legally recognised in 1998 Treaty of Waitangi settlement

The three-steps of Purakaunui Falls, which is the most photographed waterfall in the country.Ask for the tide timings if planning to visit the Cathedral Caves.

The three-steps of Purakaunui Falls, which is the most photographed waterfall in the country.Ask for the tide timings if planning to visit the Cathedral Caves.

From Florence Hill Lookout, views of Tautuku Bay and Tautuku Peninsula to the south; and Tahakopa Bay and Long Point to the north. Recently, the area has become popular for big wave surfing. A town in the region, which is known for its six-arch conc…

From Florence Hill Lookout, views of Tautuku Bay and Tautuku Peninsula to the south; and Tahakopa Bay and Long Point to the north. Recently, the area has become popular for big wave surfing. A town in the region, which is known for its six-arch concrete bridge is Balclutha. Built in 1868 originally, it was an engineering feat of its times.

The first reminder of the country's gold rush of the 1800's that you see as you move towards the West Coast!The Old Sod Cottage in Balclutha, which was a mud cottage built in the 1860s as a stopping place for miners heading to the Tuapeka goldfields.

The first reminder of the country's gold rush of the 1800's that you see as you move towards the West Coast!The Old Sod Cottage in Balclutha, which was a mud cottage built in the 1860s as a stopping place for miners heading to the Tuapeka goldfields.

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Petrified wood! Yes, you heard it correctly. Google it.As seen in Curio Bay in The Catlins, and in the Waikawa Museum nearby.

Petrified wood! Yes, you heard it correctly. Google it.As seen in Curio Bay in The Catlins, and in the Waikawa Museum nearby.

The Te Hikoi Museum in Riverton, which is the only place in the Southern Scenic Route that tells the Maori story. The museum also tells the story of Chinese gold miners with a display of the Round Hill gold mining village, Canton.

The Te Hikoi Museum in Riverton, which is the only place in the Southern Scenic Route that tells the Maori story. The museum also tells the story of Chinese gold miners with a display of the Round Hill gold mining village, Canton.

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