The Travels of the Agnew Family

Our itinerary indicated that the drive from Te Anau to Dunedin (west coast to east coast) would take about 4 hours. We opted for the scenic road that more or less followed the coast (about 6 hours). Ten hours later we arrived at our motel. Now we did stop a few times but not as much as we would have liked. In reprospect we should have planned a 2 night stay in the Catlins area.

Lots of rain today. First stop was this wood suspension bridge in Clifden.




Built in 1899, it spans the Waiau River and is 111.5 m long. The bridge suffered damage in a 2009 earthquake. It was repaired and reopened to pedestrians in 2013.


One of several beaches we stopped at today.


Good timing. Monkey Island is only accessible during a low tide.


Interesting motor home. Not sure if the top slies down or if it's driven as is.


A view taken from the car window as we drove. The scenery was very nice for most of the drive so we felt it was worth the extra time.


McLean Falls.


The hike into the falls is through a coastal rainforest. Most of the trees had moss or other plants growing on them, except for this one type of tree that looks like it sheds it's bark.




A scenic view stop --- one direction was sheep and a lone cow, the other was a view of a beach.