We spent a couple of days in Bluff and Invercargill, just sightseeing without pedaling! We took Gryffin, my 3yr old to the transport museum, which is a pretty awesome place for a boy who loves trucks and diggers! Then it was off to visit the Lost Gypsy Gallery in the Catlins, featuring a whole lot of amazing automatons.

To complete my NZ journey, I needed to ride on Stewart Island. It’s one of those places you never go and always wonder what’s there! We flew from Invercargill to the Stewart Island in a 9 seater plane, landing on an airfield above the town of Oban. Most of the island is uninhabited, except for this settlement.

There is some great fishing there, and Anna caught enough to feed us for the entire trip! We took a walk on Ulva Island, seeing plenty of penguins, sea lions, albatross and other birdlife.

Anna hired a bike and trailer and we cycled around the town (there is only 20km of road in Stewart Island, so we saw most of it)!