Exploring the Southern Coast

We then continued on and saw a sign for Caves so we decided to take a look. About 10kms down a windy dirt road we reached the carpark and then another half an hour way along a beach track we reached the caves. There were several caves on the beach which where quite large. We walked through most of the caves some got so small we didnt want to risk it going through and other caves ended in a large darkness with ponds. Our torch wasnt the greatest so we didnt go in. After exploring for about an hour we had to head back up as the tide was coming in. The walk back was long, we were cold and so wet. We then continued on past Chaslands and down to Waikawa where we stopped at Slope Point. This was the most Southernest point on the South Island and the cloest point to Antarctica. We walked through a paddock with hundreds of sheeps to get to the point. It was so cold here absolutely freezing!! The temperature was about 0° literally. We both had 2-3 jackets on and where still cold. It was getting late by now so we started looking for free camp sites. We continued onto Invercargill where we stopped briefly at the Warehouse. We bought another planket because the one we had was not enough as the South Island was so much colder. We then continued on to Highway 99 where we stopped at Thornbury. We got here about 9pm and we both where starving. We decided to cook potatoes and chicken which ended up taking about an hour lol but so worth it.Read more