After such a busy day we slept like the dead but were up in time for a good breakfast of cereal, fruit and toast along with the other guests in the lodge dining room. We especially enjoyed a good helping of those beautiful Black Doris plums which we find wherever we go in New Zealand. There is a fantastic view from the lodge out over Half Moon Bay and we, and other guests, enjoyed watching dolphins playing in the water below as well as all the different species o...

We were awake early and packing up the car soon after. The thick, damp mists were still swirling so no fabulous views but we know they are there somewhere. After one last breakfast and a fond farewell to our hosts Nina and Roger it was time to leave Camp Estate and be on our way southwards towards Invercargill. Leaving Dunedin the road was long and straight but once we turned off the main highway into the Catlins area the road and scenery started to become much...