crazy catlins.

Lions and tigers and bears! Well... more like Sealions, Caves, and Surfing, oh my! Our weather wasn't the best in the Catlins, but we managed to squeeze not only a few hours of sunshine, but also a few adventures.

Day 1. We made our way from Dunedin to the Catlins. A beautiful drive with rolling green hills and jagged coastline. We found our way to the southernmost lighthouse in the world and then to a beach chop full of sealions. Well, maybe just a few males fighting over a couple females, but nonetheless, move over national geographic! We saw it first hand!



Day 2. This was a rainy rainy day, but we still had much to do - so onward we went to Cathedral Caves - some 30 meter tall caves right on the beach. We had to wade through to get in (FREEZING!), but it was pretty cool.



After the caves we arrived at our hostel -- a note on the door said "Audrey and Josh - hope this is ok, but we have some friends that wanted to take over the whole hostel so you can stay at our beach house for the same price." and then an address. We're thinking "Sweet! Beach house all to ourselves!" but when we got there it was THEIR house... so not as glamorous as we thought, but still pretty fun to live with a kiwi couple. That night - surfing lessons! We did great if I do say so myself! We both got up quite a few times and had a lot of fun trying... we were head to toe in wetsuits so we were warm... and hot if you know what I'm saying.



Overall - Catlins = good. Until next time!!