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The Riverton Rocks
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(click on photo for closer look)
You leave Invercargill north on Route One.
Eight km turn left on Route 99 passing through
Wallacetown crossing the Oreti River heading for Riverton 30 kms away.
We consider this
a stopover spot at the Globe Backpackers. Plenty of room, great showers
fabulous hosts
and the best pizza in New Zealand.
It is a small fishing village with some great pubs. If you are in to
seeing paua shell
jewellery be sure to stop and see the Riverton Paua Shoppe and for a
top cafe and good
coffee stop, on your way out to "The Rocks" for sightseeing, stop at
the Beach House Cafe.
The Rocks area is a beautiful place to have a real look at the area.
Just drive on past
the Beach House along the coast until the road ends at the Rocks.
Perhaps you might not be going to the
Milford Sound, though we consider it the top spot on
New Zealand to visit, you can return to Route 6 and go straight north
to Queenstown. We do
go north sometime on the back roads from Riverton through Otautau
(great reserve there just
before town), Nightcaps and Mossburn for variety. This way we pass by
the Aparima River
where it seems half the town is out whitebaiting during season.
Even
if you do go that route take time to go just 9kms out of Riverton on
Route 99 to Colac Bay.
Take the signed turn to the left just a few minutes and you will be at
one of the most
stunning and beautiful beaches in the country. Well known locally by
surfers. There are two
places to stop off one at the end of the bay road where parking is
available and the other
is on the right about midway along at the Pavilion Cafe. A couple
of places for overnight
just ask for Julie. Great food and decent prices plus a small store
catering to visitors and locals.
Ice cream too. So have a look it's worth it.
Not too far past
Colac Bay is a turnoff to the ocean at Monkey Island. Fabulous place to
stay overnight. Most of the time the beach that goes on for kilometres
is your alone. (Probably not now that I have revealed this off-road
idyllic place.
From Riverton north we head west on Route
99. A pleasant drive to Orepuke 29 kms and then continue
north for 18 kilometres to the town of Tuatapere, the sausage capital
of New Zealand. Great
butcher shop there to buy some of their choice sausages.
On toward Te
Anau...........................and the world famous Milford Sound.
First a look at Riverton:
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