After a little drive we come across a sign saying ‘Matai Falls‘, so we stop and decide to visit said falls

The falls from another angle

The trail to the falls

I think a farmer left a gate open which I immediately used to drive up as high as I could to be greeted with this awesome view at the top

In Papatowai we see this, what could it be?

Well, it’s the Lost Gypsy Gallery bus

Ths bus has “Free entry for Earthlings”, it’s my lucky day!

An incredibible amount of stuff in the bus

To see everything in the bus you’d need a few hours

We paid the $10 entry fee to the actual gallery and had a look at all the stuff there, it was interesting and entertaining

Rachel is ordering a coffee

So many things to see here

After the gypsy we go for a walk on Papatowai Beach

Rachel contemplating a swim?

Tautuku Bay

We would like to visit the Cathedral Caves and hope to be able to get there via this beach (otherwise you have to pay the maori a stupid amount to be allowed to cross their precious land to access the beach which itself is on public land)

Unfortunately the caves turn out to be on the next beach and you can’t drive there. On the other end of Tautuku Bay we find the Tautuku Peninsula and it turns out only maori are allowed to go on the peninsula, how racist! These privileged maori drive there when the tide is low, about an hour after the photo was taken the water would be low enough for them to drive their 4WD on to the peninsula

What a beauty!

We end the day with a visit to the Niagara Falls!

I’ve been her before so I knew what to expect (nothing)

I wonder how many tourists would actually expect something similar to the real Niagara Falls

Someone’s garden fence in Owaka, looks like Foghorn Leghorn in the back

Now we’re in New Haven, and decide to go for a walk, it seems like there is a wreck, choice!

The Catlins River

Once of the coolest toilets I’ve seen!

It’s high tide so we hope we’re not getting our feet wet

Nice clouds

What a lovely beach this is

My inner Sherlock Holmes tells me someone else was here before us, possibly barefoot

JAWS!

Getting close to the far end of the beach

A sea lion

Colorful pictures to be taken here

This is as far as we can go

So it’s time to turn around

And say hi to the sea lion

No sign of the wreck anywhere, only these whale bones, oh no, it’s a tree

Yours truly

And again

I love the sky today, so much more interesting than a clear blue sky

Along Duttons Road

Cannibal Bay, it’s cool that the Jimny can get on the beach here

And then… a puncture, some &*^#&*$# left a big nail on the road that found its way into my tyre

So I need to use the spare wheel

We end the day at the Purakaunui Bay Campsite

Our spot

The view!