Te Anau – Invercargill – Dunedin

After an overnight stay in Te Anau upon our return from Milford Sound, we moved on to Invercargill, the southern most city of New Zealand, before heading for Dunedin on the east coast.

We had a very sumptuous lunch at a restaurant called ‘Cabbage Tree Restaurant’, (located along the route to Oreti Beach) before heading for Bluff, some 27 km south of Invercargill.

The country’s main highway, SH1, which starts from Cape Reinga (in the North Island of which I would be visiting some two weeks later) ends at Stirling Point signpost in Bluff.

Two weeks after we started off our tour from Christchurch and Kaikoura along the east coast, we were back to the coast after covering the major parts of the west coast. Our first stop was Dunedin, the second largest city in the South Island. Dunedin is also home of New Zealand’s oldest university, University of Otago.

Otago Peninsula, near Dunedin, is a beautiful place. The journey to the peninsula from Dunedin was a pleasant and scenic one. The peninsula is home to many species of wildlife, notably albatross, rare penguins and sea lions. The evening we were there, we were not so lucky. There weren't that many. But we enjoyed the drive, the beautiful scenery and the pleasant cold breeze.

View from our motel in Te Anau

Cabbage Tree Restaurant
Nice restaurant with nice food!

Rolled Pork Belly, yummy!
Enjoy first, think about the calories later!

Bluff

Stirling Point – State highway, SH1 ends here



View from the lookout point on top of Bluff Hill

Going through country road, on the way to Dunedin.

A reminder that we were in a country
where ‘there are more sheep than people’!


City of Dunedin (above and below)


View of Otago Peninsula (above and below)


Larnach Castle, Otago Peninsula

View from Larnach Castle (above and below 2)