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Curio Bay – Porpoise Bay area – Southland Region – NEW ZEALAND

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Friday 13/03/2026   Waikawa-Curio Bay Rd – Curio Bay – The Headland

                                     Tumu Toka Curio Bay/Porpoise Bay area

                                     Southland Region, NEW ZEALAND (Aotearoa)

                                     Kāi Tahu Country (Ngāi Tahu people)                              

Participants: Beth Davies, Stephen Davies (Photos), Sue Davies (Report), Pablo Ureña Vega

We drove along the Waikawa-Curio Bay Road on a cool, breezy March morning with a south-westerly pushing in — clouds stacked over the Catlins coast and the air in the low teens. From the roadside, a short, easy path rolls gently down towards the sea. It’s a wide, well-formed track of gravel, compacted earth and boardwalk with just a few steps and short slopes. Very easy going.

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Harrington Point Cruise – Otago Region – NEW ZEALAND

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Monday 9/03/2026   Eden Wilderness Cruises Office Harbour – Te Rauone Beach – The Spit – Otekiho Beach – Pilots Beach – Taiaroa Head – South Pacific Ocean

                                       Taiaroa Head Nature Reserve, Harington Point

                                       Otago Region, NEW ZEALAND (Aotearoa)

                                       Otago Harbour – South Pacific Ocean

                                       Otago Region, NEW ZEALAND (Aotearoa)

                                       Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha country (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha people)                               

                                                                  

Participants: Beth Davies, Lauren Davies, Stephen Davies (Photos), Sue Davies (Report), Pablo Ureña Vega

We departed from the Eden Wildlife Cruises wharf on a calm, clear morning with a small swell and light winds — the harbour was smooth with just gentle ripples as we headed out past Te Rauone Beach. The sky was clearing from high cloud, and the light was already brightening nicely.

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Tunnel Beach Walk – Tunnel Beach – NEW ZEALAND

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Friday 6/03/2026   Tunnel Beach Car Park, Green Island Bush Road – Tunnel Beach Walk – Tunnel Beach – Tunnel (hand-carved, 1870s) – Natural Rock Arch – Clifftop Track – Forbury Head – Blowhole – Second Beach – Second Beach Track – St Clair Esplanade / St Clair Beach (Whakahekerau                                 

                                   Tunnel Beach Recreation Reserve (Doc) / South Dunedin Coastal Cliffs

                                   Otago Region, NEW ZEALAND (Aotearoa)

                                   Ngãi Tahu / Kãi Tahu Country (Ngãi Tahu / Kãi Tahu people)

                         

Participants: Beth Davies, Stephen Davies (Photos), Sue Davies (Report), Pablo Ureña Vega

From the gravel car park at the end of Green Island Bush Road — a clifftop paddock perched some 139 metres above the Southern Ocean — the Tunnel Beach Walk plunges immediately downhill on a well-formed, steep gravel single track. Five successive viewpoints, each a fenced clifftop “nest”, serve up progressively wider panoramas of sculpted sandstone headlands. Continue reading →

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