I love staying at these kinds of places. From a time gone by, this rural community was once a very busy hub. Now, the centre of the farming fields that surround it, as well as more 'up market' sections which stand-out from the humble villas with the sleek-lines of brand-new houses full of glass walls and roofs full with solar panels. This is deep dairy-country where drinking and driving is rife and there is often a smell of something more pungent than tobacco in a 'smoko area' outside on the deck....;)
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| dreadful quality photo - sorry, but you get the idea of where we were camped! :) |
We stayed at the Tavern - right opposite the local recycling centre (convenient for a clear-out!) and enjoyed an evening of Southland hospitality - almost everyone made an effort to talk with us and we learned lots about the local economy, residents, schools and clubs.
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| Fish & steak and chips supper! |
Delicious pub grub served here with a smile.
Next morning we could take advantage of the showers and paid our $10 for the use of their power....onwards through the countryide of Southland and Otago to Gore...
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| This is a interesting phenomena - among the gaming machines was this 'extreme hunting' game that was proving very popular - you can kill bears and moose - wildlife unknown to a typical kiwi kid of course! |
The far south was the first time in a while we had experienced the dreaded 1080 poison signs - the Catlins had received an aerial drop of 1080 poison some months ago (which is why we deliberately missed it out last time we were down this way. There was nowhere safe to take Dizzy for a walk and many tracks were out of bounds anyway due to the damage of the Winter's weather. I was keen to escape - at least at Gore the lack of bush-type environment meant it was able to largely avoid the pressures from DoC.
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