To the southern tip of the South Island, Curio Bay, Catlins, Nugget Point Lighthouse, Karitane

We drove from Te Anu in Fiordland National Park, south to the sea with nothing between us and Antartica and across the whole country along the coast. We giggled as two yellow-eyed penguins hopped and waddled slowly up the rocks at Curio Bay (with petrified forest stumps along the beach) and watched another 2 at Nugget Point in the Catlins. A lighthouse and beach walk, a ferny waterfall walk, and sea lions and spoonbills. 

Seaweed along the southern coast

Yellow-eyed Penguin at Curio Bay

Walk to Matai Falls, Catlins

Matai Falls, Catlins

Jennifer by Nugget Point Lighthouse

We didn't get to our house in Karitane until very late, driving in the fog and dark along a narrow beach road, using a flashlight to find the key under some wood, and tramping through tall weeds trying to find the front door. We didn't eat dinner till 11:00. It's hard to resist one last walk when it's light so late and who knows if we'll every get to New Zealand again.