We dragged ourselves away from Queenstown heading to Invervcargil which is the furthest southern town of the south island and during this time our stretch of good luck with regards to weather finally ceased.

We had planned on staying at Invercargil for a night but once we arrived we saw little point as it was nothing more than an industrial town no really touristy things to see and do apart from the see the sign posts that indicate how far away you are from other countries, so we made a trip to that and took the necessary photos then headed out to the Catlins which is a huge national park.

The rain was getting heavier, we didn't have a clue where we were going to stay and had also decided to take an unsealed road to get wherever we were going. There wasn't a great deal to look at but we did spend a bit of time scaring sheep with the car horn as we drove past and caused quite a few stampedes and half expected farmers to come after us with their shotguns and waving their fists in the air but there wasn't any such drama.

As I mentioned we didn't exactly know where we were going and where we were going to spend the night but surprises are always around the corner and this particular surprise came in the form of a backpackers right in the middle of nowhere on an unsealed road so I can't imagine that it actually saw many people staying there. It was a working farm that also had cabins and tent space which came at a charming price of $18 a night yes it was raining and no we don't learn so went for the this option.

There was quite a cosy communal area and clean kitchen, I guess we were all quite disappointed with the day - after coming from Queenstown I think our expectations were a little too high - so we cooked up a sausage casserole had nice hot shower and went to bed praying that the tent would be kind and not let too much water in, as long as the wind didn't kick up we'd be ok.

The next morning we went to a beach about 20 minutes drive from the campsite. Hector's dolphins are found in this bay and you can swim with them providing that you have your own wetsuit and plenty of time, and it's completely free too. I was quite excited about this but it was really cold and raining so being in the water for hours wouldn't have been the brightest thing to do today so we all sat in the car and tried to spot the dolphins, luckily enough there was a surfer out there and in no time at all the little inquisitive dolphins were going over to investigate circling around the surfer and generally seeing who had come to say hello. They stayed around for a while then must have got bored and swam off and on that note we decided to make a move too.

There appeared to be quite a few walks to do, waterfalls to see as well as caves but it was so God damn miserable that we decided to carry on to Dunedin our Second to last stop before arriving back at Christchurch.