Bought a couple of cheesy tapes to play in the cassette deck. There is something to be said to listening to '2 Unlimited' and others 90's tat on a road trip.
Out of Dunedin we took the Southern Scenic Route. We stopped off at Kaka Point and then Nugget Point. At Nugget Point we walked out to the lighthouse that overlooks the sealions playing down below on the crumbling land stacks. This was a definite tour highlight.
We continued to Sandy Bay where apparently you can hang out with the sealions. Following Liz's directions we made our way down unmade roads, through cow fields, opening the fields gates along the way. It felt kind of strange, but she was adamant that it was the right way. When we got to the beach there were no signs of the sealions or anything for that matter. As we made our way back we saw the 'Private Property' sign on the first gate we'd gone through. Turns out that it wasn't the right way. No wonder the cows were looking at us so strangely. Sorry for any distress I may have caused the cows.
Further down 'Catlins Coast' we saw the sign for the real Sandy Bay, but we didn't take it, we just carried on to Purakanaui Falls. These falls aren't huge, but are very picturesque.
