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Clutha District

Lighthouse Nugget Point - New Zealand
Lighthouse Nugget Point - New Zealand

Nugget Point is one of the most iconic landforms on the Otago coast. Located at the northern end of the Catlins coast, this steep headland has a...

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Autumn Tiers
Purakaunui Falls - New Zealand

Purakaunui Falls New Zealand

For those of you who have travelled Australia and New Zealand, I wonder if you found these waterfalls strikingly...

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Purakaunui Falls - New Zealand
Purakaunui Falls - New Zealand

Frequently fronting postcards, Purakaunui Falls often competes with McLean Falls for the title of the Catlins most attractive waterfall. This 15m...

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Nugget Point Lighthouse - New Zealand
Lighthouse Nugget Point - New Zealand

Nugget Point is one of the most iconic landforms on the Otago coast. Located at the northern end of the Catlins coast, this steep headland has a...

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Purakaunui Falls, New Zealand
Purakaunui Falls - New Zealand

This is Purakaunui falls - set within dense temperate rainforest in the Catlins, Southland, New Zealand. There was plenty rain in the preceding...

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Origin of a Swirl
Purakaunui Falls - New Zealand

Purakaunui Falls New Zealand

This waterfall in the Catlins Forest Reserve is one of South Island's photographic icons. At the time Marianne and I...

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Snow Beach
Kaka Point

Kaka Point, Catlins, New Zealand

So on our quest to get south as fast as possible ( see previous posts ) we left Geraldine and drove for the day. ...

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Nuggets under the rainbow
Lighthouse Nugget Point - New Zealand

Nugget Point, Catlins, New Zealand

While we were staying 2 nights at Kaka Point we popped out to Nugget Point to shoot the moonrise ( didn't happen...

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Nugget Point Lighthouse
Lighthouse Nugget Point - New Zealand

A spectacular spot on the bottom of the South Island, New Zealand. Perched half way up a cliff with freezing Antarctic winds made this a difficult...

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Falling Snow
Purakaunui Falls - New Zealand

Purakaunui Falls, Catlins, New Zealand

So for our first day in the Catlins we drove to the always stunning Purakaunui Falls, and due to the snow...

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Most notably George Kurzik.