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Purakaunui Falls

February 28, 2021 by NZ Filbruns Leave a Comment

We spent the Sunday night of our trip with some friends who live in the Catlins, an area in the far southeast part of the South Island. We asked them for some ideas of good places to visit on our way to Invercargill the next day, and one of their suggestions was Purakaunui Falls, a walk not too far from their house. We made that our first stop for the day. I took a picture of the sign at the beginning of the track because I knew I wouldn’t remember this name!

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The track went through dense bush, along a creek. It was beautiful and peaceful!

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The waterfall was spectacular! It reminded us of Bond Falls in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, except on a smaller scale. 157-IMG_7290

Mr. Diligence, Elijah, Mr. Imagination158a-IMG_4872

Simon, Elijah, Mr. Sweetie in between them, and Mr. Imagination158b-IMG_4875158c-IMG_4884

Mr. Sweetie and Mr. Imagination158-IMG_7292

Little Miss159-IMG_7293

After we left the waterfall, we had to stop on the road for a minute because some farmers were moving a mob of sheep down the road. We didn’t actually see those sheep, but we did see this mob in some yards just down the road.160-IMG_7298

The Catlins are beautiful! Rolling green hills with bush here and there, and sheep and cattle on the hills.161-IMG_7300

At times we drove along the sea; this is a river mouth.162-IMG_7301

The beaches are beautiful!163-IMG_7305164-IMG_7306165-IMG_7307

Filed Under: Away From Home Tagged With: Catlins, Holiday Trip

South of Dunedin

February 24, 2021 by NZ Filbruns Leave a Comment

We spent two nights with our friends in Dunedin. While we were there, I didn’t take any pictures. It was pouring the entire time, and we mainly stayed inside. Our friends had built a guesthouse, which we slept in. I wish I would have gotten a picture, but every time I went to it, I was trying to carry a baby and an umbrella, and dodging around the river that was running down the path we took up to it! It was very comfortable, and we enjoyed our time with them. We left late Sunday afternoon, and headed on south to visit some friends in the Catlins. Just before we left, Esther wanted to get a picture with her two little sisters, in the new dresses she made for them all just before our trip.

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Our friends live on a mountain, and the road going down is slightly daunting! I have no idea what the gradient is, but it’s steep!138-IMG_7253

This is the Dunedin Train Station, which I posted pictures of the other time we were down there. You can find the pictures here and here, if you’re interested.139-IMG_7256

More interesting buildings in Dunedin.140-IMG_7258

Houses on the hillside. Dunedin is a very hilly city!141-IMG_7260

Maybe half an hour after we got on the road, the skies opened in a cloudburst. It was raining so hard that we had to slow down quite a lot. We could hardly see ahead of us. We kept moving, but slowly, and soon the rain let up—but then we started seeing flooding. 142-IMG_7262143-IMG_7264

We crossed a bridge over the Taieri River, and saw the water pouring over the stopbank on the far side. Esther was  taking a video  at  the  time,  and  caught  that.144-IMG_7266

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I don’t think anyone drove into that paddock that day!145c-IMG_4856145-IMG_7268146a-IMG_4859146b-IMG_4860146-IMG_7269

It was rather a relief to get away from the flooding as we continued farther south. I was a bit concerned that the road might end up closing, and didn’t want to be caught somewhere we didn’t want to be.147-IMG_7272148-IMG_7274

The Clutha River was high, too, but not as bad as up north.149-IMG_7276150-IMG_7278

The Catlins are beautiful! Rolling, green hills with cattle and sheep on them.151-IMG_7279152-IMG_7282

Filed Under: Away From Home Tagged With: Catlins, Flooding, Holiday Trip, Video

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