Position 46 25.133S  168 21.352E

On our way out of Newhaven spotted these spoonbills, believe me when I tell you this, and a very small wader.

Stopped at a couple of waterfalls, this is Purakaunui Falls.

The tree ferns are sprouting new leaves.

There are loads of different mosses, ferns and lichens.

Also did a short walk down to a saltmarsh.  This is jointed rush (Apodasmia similis).  Beautiful orange glow to it all, which doesn’t really show up in the picture.  You can just about make out the black and green stripped stems.

These mounds were not lugworm casts but  snails covering the mudflats.

This is McLean Falls – you can see it raining again.  The track to the falls was built by school children, parents and friends and the local conservation society over a 10 year period.  Now that’s what I call a conservation project.

We are in an area called the Catlins, sweeping beaches, rolling hills and rain forest. We tried to visit NZs most southerly mainland point.  Unfortunately those lambs have a lot to answer for and this was as close as we could get.

Here’s the point you can walk to – excepting during lambing season.  Might have had another problem as well.

Not a lot to say about Invergill other than I did the washing and it’s the most southerly city in NZ!