Knowing we had a long drive ahead of us to Milford Sound from Colac Bay, after a quick breakfast we set out towards Lake Manapouri, stopping in Colac Bay for a few photos on the way. It was a beautiful day outside and we were looking forward to making the most of it by making …

The Catlins are the hilly, forested, and sparsely populated part of Southeastern New Zealand. I had not visited the eastern Southland on my first trip to New Zealand but my brother highly recommended the region, saying it was one of his favourite areas of the South Island, so Sara and I made sure to visit it on …

Everything I had read about Dunedin made it out to be an ugly industrial town, but I was somewhat excited to visit it since I had not visited Dunedin or the South Eastern coast on my previous trip to New Zealand. The drive to Dunedin from Mount Cook was nearly four hours, but thankfully we …