Some attractions in NZ are dependent on low tide, so are the Cathedral Coves. At high tide there would be no way to enter but…

Another low tide event … one of the world’s most extensive fossilised forests. The stumps and trunks at Curio Bay date back to the Jurassic…

A grassy road leads to the southernmost point on the South Island, 30 minutes walk to a high, hanging cliff for the obligatory “i-was-here” photo…

The Catlins Coast winds its way between Kaka Point in the north and Fortrose in the south. We were lucky to find the one of…

Don’t stop there, it’s just a really big monument to the glory of surfing and a very windy beach which is dramatically unspectacular. One thing…

The Round Hill Road leads to a gold mining field that a group of chinese settlers worked on. They built dams and races to wash…

This rocky knob, which becomes an island at hight tide, has great significance to Maori as Te Puka o Takitumu – the anchorstone of the…

The most fascinating beaches ever! The shore is partly steep, then smoothly falling down to the sea but whenever there are signs of pebbles you…

A small town in the remote South of the South Island, far away from everything where the sea is as blue as it has always…

Garston, Athol, Five Rivers, Lumsden, Dipton, Winton, Invercargil. Some of the townships are just names on blue boards that fly by the highway, others feature…