Gentle times in the Catlins
The Catlins is the area between Balclutha and Invercargill running along the southeast coast. It’s the alternative to the main highway running west from Balclutha to Gore and then south to Invercargill.
This area, something of a tourist backwater in pre-Covid times, is enjoying a surge in travellers as Kiwis discover or rediscover their own country.
Along our way my wife and I climbed hills, took in waterfalls, admired wetlands, searched for sealions, stood starry eyed at the Niagara Falls and ate several meals of blue cod, each one as good as the last.
For me the Catlins have family connections that extend beyond the physical beauty of the place, the sense
