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10 of the Best Things to Do in Invercargill

November 8, 2023October 31, 2023 by Jon Algie

It’s a bit shameful that I’ve been running this blog for seven years now and have never written a post about Invercargill. Shameful on my part or is it the city’s fault? A bit of both! I lived there for six months while studying and hated it, and over the last seven years we’ve passed … Read more

Stirling Point and Bluff Hill: Not Quite the Bottom of the South Island

November 27, 2019 by Jon Algie

Bluff, a small town south of Invercargill, has always been known as the bottom of the South Island. It’s actually not – that crown goes to Slope Point (an hour away in the Catlins region) but I guess it’s the southern most town and it’s worth visiting for the views from Bluff Hill. Stirling Point, … Read more