The beauty of the Southern Scenic Route is best enjoyed at a leisurely pace, with frequent breaks, short walks and overnight stays along the way. The following are estimated driving times only. Motorists not familiar with country or unsealed roads are advised to allow additional travelling time. Cyclists should be prepared for frequent and substantial hill climbs at all stages, and slower times on unsealed roads. Distance Driving Times Protect plants and animals ‘DON’T MISS. . .’ - 119 km 74 miles 2 hr 20mins Remove rubbish Te Anau - 82 km 51 miles 1hr 30mins ● ’s architectural grandeur and the natural wonders ● The legendary glow worm caves in Te Anau, the gateway Bury toilet waste Tuatapere - Riverton 48 km 30 miles 50 mins of Peninsula to beautiful World Heritage Area Keep streams and lakes clean Riverton - 38 km 24 miles 40 mins ● Tunnel Beach with its striking sandstone sea cliffs, arches ● A boat cruise on the majestic Milford Sound past Mitre Take care with fires Invercargill - Waikawa 83 km 52 miles 1 hr 45 mins Waikawa - 46 km (unsealed 22.5kms)29 miles 1 hr and caves Peak and Bowen Falls Camp carefully Keep to the track Papatowai - 26 km 16 miles 45 mins ● Owaka - Balclutha 32 km 20 miles 35 mins Sinclair Wetlands, home to some of ’s rarest Consider others birds Balclutha - 50 km (unsealed 9kms) 31 miles 1hr Respect our cultural heritage* ‘DID YOU KNOW THAT. . .’ Taieri Mouth - Dunedin 35 km 22 miles 45 mins ● , spectacular coastal views and yellow eyed Enjoy your visit 440 km 273 miles ™ penguin viewing from the hide at Roaring Bay ● Coastal scene, Catlins The Southern Scenic Route is the first touring route in Toitu te whenua (Leave the land undisturbed) Please travel safely and with care. ● New Zealand *Ngai Tahu are the tangata whenua (people of the land) of www.southernscenicroute.co.nz Cannibal Bay & Surat Bay watch New Zealand (Hooker) the areas traversed by the Southern Scenic Route. Travellers are For further information sea lions ● encouraged to read the Department of Conservation information Yellow-eyed penguins on the Southern Scenic Route: Riverton (Jacob’s River) – is one of the earliest European panels in the areas they visit and seek out information on the ● Purakaunui Falls, one of the most photographed falls in settlements in NZ Ngai Tahu traditions associated with the sites along the way. Telephone:0800SCENIC New Zealand ● ’s Petrified Forest is 180 million years old WILDLIFE CARE CODE Telephone0800 723 642 Telephone+64 3 214 9733 ● Lake Wilkie, an amazing unique succession of forest ● The Tunnel Beach stairway was built in the 1870’s by John “Love them from a distance Facsimile+64 3 218 9460 or lose them forever” development Cargill for his family to go swimming and picnicking. email: [email protected] Hectors dolphins/Papakanua ● Cathedral Caves, spectacular beach walk and cave access ● Southland has the longest daylight hours in New Zealand http://www.southernscenicroute.co.nz at low tide Might be seen along Coast, ● Within Southland is New Zealand’s third island – Stewart Porpoise Bay or in Te Wae Wae Bay. Southern Scenic Route PO Box 903, Invercargill ● Curio Bay with one of the most extensive examples of a Island (Rakiura National Park) To avoid disturbing these dolphins it is Jurassic fossilised forest best to watch them from the shore. NEW ZEALAND ● Ancient Podocarp forests still exist in South Fiordland Yellow-eyed penguins/Hoiho ● Slope Point, the southern-most point of the For information on accommodation and attractions: ● The (near Tuatapere) is believed to be Best seen from the viewing hide at ● Waipapa Point is the scene of New Zealand’s worst civilian the largest wooden rail viaduct remaining in the world Roaring Bay and at the Nuggets/Tokata. shipping disaster Never approach a penguin, they are shy ● The Southland Museum and Art Gallery’s ‘Tuatarium’ is and sensitive birds. ● Invercargill’s ‘live’ Tuatara display at the Southland Museum Fiordland Visitor Clutha Information Centre home to over 50 live tuatara ranging from baby tuatara If you think a penguin has seen you, Information Centre please leave the area. 4 Clyde Street & Art Gallery to those over 100 years old Lake Front Drive BALCLUTHA ● Don’t take your dog near penguins. TE ANAU Telephone +64 3 418 0388 The picturesque fishing village of Riverton Dogs kill penguins. Telephone +64 3 249 8900 [email protected] ● Colac Bay with a long history of Maori occupation [email protected] New Zealand sea lions/Rapoka Dunedin Visitor Centre ● McCracken’s Rest with occasional viewing of Hector’s New Zealand fur seals/Kekeno 48 The Octagon dolphin Best seen at Cannibal Bay and Surat Bay. Hectors Dolphin Visitor Centre DUNEDIN Department of Conservation Telephone +64 3 474 3300 ● Never go between them and the sea. Tuatapere and the Bushman’s Museum The sea is their escape route. Lake Front Drive [email protected] TE ANAU ● Borland Nature Walk with magnificent displays Never go closer than 20 metres. Telephone +64 3 249 7924 The Southern Scenic Route on NZ forest life Male New Zealand sea lions may be [email protected] is a joint project supported by aggressive during the breeding season (summer). Be careful! Invercargill Visitor Information Council Keep your dog on a leash. Centre Tourism Dunedin Southland Museum & Art Gallery Victoria Avenue, Queens Park Tourism Southland Dolphins, seals, sea lions and (Part of Venture Southland) penguins are fully protected INVERCARGILL under New Zealand law. Telephone +64 3 214 6243 Thanks to the Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu and the It is illegal to disturb them. New Zealand sea lion [email protected] Department of Conservation for their assistance. IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER Every attempt has been made to ensure that the information contained within this brochure is correct at the time SOUTH ISLAND of printing. Clutha District Council, Tourism Southland and Tourism Dunedin expressly disclaim liability to any entity for any loss, cost or damage whatsoever arising out of or connected with the contents of this brochure.

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CAVERSHAM VALLEY RD. SOUTHERN Picnic Sites 23. Curio Bay MOTORWAY One of the world’s most extensive and Robbie Burns and St Pauls Cathedral, Dunedin 5 Accommodation least disturbed examples of a Jurassic RISELAW RD. SOUTH ROAD fossilised forest. Best viewed at low WELLINGTON Petrol tide. SH 1 6 LUMSDEN DUNEDIN LAWRENCE 24. McLean Falls CORSTOPHINE RD. Forest walk to spectacular waterfall. 40 CHRISTCHURCH ™ minutes return. Travel 6 km up Rewcastle 46 Road. MIDDLETON RD. LAKE TE ANAU OCEAN VIEW DUNEDIN 25. Cathedral Caves MONOWAI BRIGHTON SOUTHERN SCENIC ROUTE BALCLUTHA Bush and beach walk to spectacular VIA BRIGHTON BLACKKHEAD RD. INVERCARGILLL THE CATLINS 45 caves accessible only at low tide. 80 NIGHTCAPS 44 minutes return. There is a small toll LAKE 7 fee for access to this attraction. HAUROKO TAIERI MOUTH 9 29. Picnic Point 8 26. Traills Tractor Historic MILTON41 Bush and a sandy coastline with rock CLIFDEN Walk pools provide variety on this easy walk. 43 This 10 minute walk, rich in early GORE 18. Thornbury 40 minutes return. Suitable for all age 42 Catlins timber milling history, travels Tunnel Beach, Dunedin WINTON Vintage farm machinery museum. groups. 10 40 to Cook’s old mill site and a restored TUATAPERE ‘Traills Tractor’ logging machine. Walk BALCLUTHA starts from Fleming River Bridge. 30. Old Coach Track/ 40. Naish Park/Blair Athol 11 19. Bluff 33. Catlins River Walk Bluff Hill/Motu Pohue- Lookout. Said to Loop Track Tramp between Tawanui camping area to Walkway An easy walk along the bank of the be the burial place of two prominent 27. Lake Wilkie Coastal podocarp forest fringing a Franks Creek, Wallis Stream and onto the 12 KAITANGATA Kati Mamoe chiefs. Coastal and forest sandy bay. Walk along the Old Coach Wisp roadend, through beautiful beech to the Blair Athol Farm. This walk shows the unique succession Road to a moa hunter camp at the 2 hours return. TE WAE 18 EDENDALE walks at Stirling Point. Displays on coastal of forest development from lake edge forest. Views of exotic pine plantations, and historical features. At Bluff, the river mouth. 40 minutes return. There silver beech forest and grassed flats. Look WAE BAY to mature forest. Flowering rata are is also a 2–3 hour (return) tramp 15 Maritime Museum and Port. splendid during summer. 40 minutes out for the rare mohua (yellowhead) high 41. Milton/Milburn Limeworks 13 39 through this significant reserve. WYNDHAM MOLYNEUX BAY return. in the trees. 5 hours (one way). Rare fossils can be seen at the Mil- 14 37 16 17 20. Waipapa Point burn Limeworks. View glow worms in INVERCARGILL - 31. Matai Falls the Manuka Gorge Tunnel. Obtain RIVERTON OWAKA 38 NUGGET POINT/TOKATA Golden beach and rock platform. 34. Jack’s Blowhole 28. Tautuku Estuary Through regenerating podocarp/ Farm track leads to deep blow hole on information at the Milton Information Percy Burn Viaduct. Tuatapere Hump Ridge Track /APARIMA 33 35 36 Lighthouse. Scene of New Zealand’s Boardwalk worst civilian shipping disaster in broadleaf forest, beautiful Matai Falls the cliffs. 1 hour return. Access closed Centre. 31 POUNEWA A peaceful walk out onto a pristine 1. Milford Sound 30 15. Round Hill 1881 when 131 lives were lost in the are best viewed late in the morning. during lambing (September/October). 34 estuary. Look out for the rare fernbird. 30 minutes return. Milford Sound is world renown and 32 Site of Chinese and European gold wreck of the Tararua. 30 minutes return. 42.Cook’s Rock CENTRE ISLAND/RARATOKA PURAKAUNUI BAY mining. Private museum and guided A pleasant walk along the beach to extremely accessible. 2 1/2 hour drive TOKANUI 24 35. Nature Walk 26 - - - from Te Anau with approx a 2 hour PAPATOWAI walks to relics at Midland Farm. Purakaunui Falls, Catlins 32. Purakaunui- Falls the Rock. 30 minutes return. At the 29 An easy walk through virgin podocarp end of Chrystalls Beach Road. Best launch cruise on sound. Wildlife such WAIPOHATU 27 Walk to view Falls through beech and forest and return at low tide via the as bottlenose dolphins, fur seals and FORTROSE 22 28 16. Colac Bay/Oraka podocarp forest. 20 minutes return. at low tide. HALDANE 25 TAUTUKU - salt marsh. penguins. WAIKAWA Long history of Maori occupation. 19 BAY Rarotoka (Centre Island) also site of 43. Allison Conservation BLUFF 20 23 2. Te Anau THE BROTHERS occupation. Rarotoka was mainly an 36. Cannibal Bay/Surat Bay Area WAIPAPA 21 PORPOISE urupa- site. It is said that the bones Wonderful place to look out for New An attractive holiday resort nestled on POINT - Descend into the gully of ferns, kamahi Riverton Harbour POINT SLOPE CURIO BAY of the tupuna (ancestors) were buried Zealand (Hooker) sea lions. The sailing and rimu. Climb up to the ridge where the shores of Lake Te Anau, the hub POINT BAY of Fiordland National Park and World 13. Monkey Island/ in the dunes of Taramea (Howell’s BALCLUTHA vessel Surat was wrecked on this coast in December you walk on a carpet of Te Puka a Takitimu Point) before being transported to the in 1874. crimson rata flowers. 1 hour return. Heritage Area, within walking distance island for burial. of magnificent rain forest. Cruise the 7. Dean Forest Anchor stone of the Takitimu canoe Reasonable fitness required. deep dark waters of Lake Te Anau. Short walk to 1000 year old totara trees. 11. Tuatapere Hump Ridge captained by Tamatea, wrecked at the 37.Tunnel Hill SOUTHERN TO QUEENSTOWN Track mouth of the . Short walk to 17. Riverton Easy walk to railway tunnel, excavated 23km from Clifden. SCENIC ROUTE 44. Walk TO TE ANAU Three-day/Two-night walking experience. Safe swimming beaches. Mores Reserve viewpoint. by hand between 1891–92. 20 minutes Walk into the gorge that begins up 3. Kepler Track INVERCARGILL Key attraction - Percy Burn viaduct - - great vantage point to see Stewart KAITANGATA return. 1.5 hour family walk to Moturau Hut. 8. Lake Hauroko NORTH ROAD the river from Taieri Mouth. 4 hours BAINFIELD RD. largest remaining wooden viaduct in the 14. Cosy Nook Island. Riverton Rocks. Excellent Cafes 3 - 4 days to complete entire Kepler Deepest lake in New Zealand. Challenging return. INFORMATION world. Craggy cove sheltering several fishing and Restaurants. - walk up Lookout Bluff gives spectacular CENTRE 38. Nugget Point/Tokata Track walk. - boats and holiday homes. Early views. This area has many ancient urupa - Walking path leads to lighthouse. GALA ST 12. McCracken’s Rest settlers reported Pahi’s village, a Ngai Quary 45. Waihola/Sinclair Wetlands - (burial sites) and as such the area holds HALFMOON Molyneux Bay Spectacular coastal views. New 4. Manapouri - - Viewpoint of Te Wae Wae Bay and Tahu settlement with forty houses. Hills is a popular recreation area Departure point for launch trips to West the memories of the Ngai Tahu tupuna Zealand fur seals (kekeno), Southern BAY (Oban) SH 1 Solander Island.. Occasional viewing of The small island Matariki was once a for boating, swimming and fishing. Nearby,

QUEENS DRIVE (ancestors) who are buried there. 30km DEE STREET 33 Arm power station, Dusky Track and Tokanui 37 39 KAKA POINT elephant seals (lhupuku), New Zealand the Sinclair Wetlands are home to wild from Clifden. Regular boat service to Hector’s dolphins. defended pa site. - Doubtful Sound/Patea. Access to walking EAST RD. (Hooker) sea lions (rapoka) , sooty fowl and some of New Zealand’s rarest Dusky Track and Wairaurahiri River. Book TAY ST. -- tracks across the Waiau River (hire dingy AIRPORT Tahakopa OWAKA shearwaters (tıtı), the rare yellow- birds. - in Tuatapere. TAY STREET 22 Waipohatu eyed penguin (hoiho) and many other in Manapouri). STEWART ISLAND 30 Niagara - seabird species. Binoculars recommend- CLYDE ST. CLYDE Catlins Pounawea Nugget Point/Tokata 9. Clifden Suspension Bridge Haldane 38 ed. 20 minutes return. 46. Tunnel Beach 5. Redcliff Wetland Rakiura National Ratanui Lake 35 Striking sandstone sea cliffs, arches, stacks

ELLES ROAD Maclennan Construction started in 1898 and bridge Slope 36 Waterfowl can be viewed from the Park ELIZABETH MCQUARRIE ST SOUTHERN Chaslands 24 Roaring Bay and caves. Stairway tunnel gives access opened 1899 to replace punt used by STREET SCENIC Point Waikawa 32 road. ROUTE TO Papatowai 34 Cannibal Bay early sheep stations. SH 1 BALCLUTHA 31 39. Kaka Point Bush Walk to beach. 1 hour return. Drive short BLUFF HIGHWAY SCOTT STREET AND DUNEDIN 21 26 SCOTT ST. 29 Surat Bay Good tracks providing easy access into distance to end of Tunnel Beach Road. 6. Borland Road 23 27 28 Tahakopa Hayward Point this coastal remnant forest. Access closed during lambing 10. Tuatapere Haldane Bay 25 Bay Purakaunui Bay Built to service transmission lines. Porpoise Tautuku (September/October) World Heritage Area display at the TO BLUFF Bay Access for hunting, tramping, biking, The Brothers Tautuku Bay Long Point Bushman’s Museum. Walk through podocarp Point Chaslands fishing and sightseeing. 90km return. forest in Tuatapere Domain. Peninsula Unsealed, no services, not suited to Mistake campervans. Closed during winter, THE CATLINS occasionally closed in summer. Southland Museum and Art Gallery