Now we've arrived, this is what we came for... Papatowai DOC Camp | Catlins
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 มิ.ย. 2024
- Papatowai was one of our favourite spots to hit in the South Island. Beautiful Camp ground with lovely sites and close to a lot of great places for exploring. Including Mc lean falls Cathedral caves, and a little remote beach we got exclusive access to, thanks to a friendly farmer we talked to.
If your into diving and Paua, we found a great spot for that, but don't tell to many people, so if we get back there next summer there is still plenty there...
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Koropuku Falls trail was actually built by two local men who wanted to show off one of the area's 'forgotten falls', which explains the hand-made nature of it and lack of Doc signage. Google "Labours recover 'lost' waterfall" for an article.
Thats awesome, those are some of the best places to explore... I think normally there would be more water, but bit of a drought the last summer gone..
I really appreciate you sharing your trip. It was a great time.
thank you once again... it is a beautiful area, that we really enjoyed.
Laughing at your description of the Cathedral Caves car park being full. We were there at the start of January 23 and were queuing to get in and get a space. So jealous of your being able to travel out of season with no crowds. We also visited Dunedin and would recommend the Mosgiel A & P. We met a fellow traveller at Balclutha dump station who recommended it over the Dunedin MCA which can suffer from noisy locals. It is not as close to Dunedin but more peaceful and scenic.
Hey again, can't beat off peak travel, so nice avoiding the crowds, not sure what our Christmas plans will be, but it's gonna be busy... We were on a mad rush to get down to the Catlins before summer really ended, we were so stoked to have really good weather down there... We also heard good things about the Mosgiel show grounds, heard recently that the prices have gone way up though.
Love the bread bag rubbish hack!
ha ha, it's the simple things aye... So many of the rubbish bins have such little holes these days lol
I have done a road trip through the area a couple of times, and its always good to see it from a new perspective. Love your drone work! Next time Im that way, I'll take it slower and enjoy it more.
Yea it's so nice through there seen a couple of videos from others driving through and weather is terrible... I'm keen to go back
Great video. Thanks
Catlins is a pretty cool spot, wild but also farmy...
Some stunning spots. Loved the waterfalls, and the rocks at 9:36
I wonder if they are formed like that because of earthquakes? Super cool ❤ What a nice fella to give you some blue cod. Yum!
Oh year mate, loads of cool waterfalls in the area, they were pretty dry when we were up there a year ago now. so good to get some blue cod, pretty hard to catch decent sized ones off the rocks.
One thing we can’t wait to do is dive all around the country! Paua, Kina, koura, cockles, pipi 😍!! Another wonderful video. Thank you for uploading.
Love watching your videos after mahi!
Yip pretty awesome for Kai Moana...seemed the further South the better it got. Lots to look forward to Whanau
Great video guys miss the bush and clean water
Cheers Uncle... Some stunning space around the Southern Coast, glad we got to enjoy it with some sunshine... Must be plenty of awesome spots around where you are....
Fraser Island is pretty good nice lakes to swim in plus champagne pools.
2500 subs!! congrats team! im so happy for you guys! well deserved! great episode mike see yah soon!
Yea bring on 3000... man it's a lot of videos though aye bro... in 10 years I'm still gonna be happy to watch them though.
Thanks Mike. Did you know that Dr. Alistair McLean in Rotorua is a descendant of the McLean Falls family.? Also.. there is an old mill site nearby, old homes/shacks and train tracks where they hauled out the logs. This video also is a very good example of the way the earthquakes formed NZ. You get to see, in the flat rock, how the crust was broken and one edge gets thrust up into the sky like a book opening,which is why the rocks are sloping upward but still with apparent layers from how they lay before the earthquake. I was taught in school down there (at Gore) that this is also the case for the Southern Alps which run the length of the South Island. Glad that you're loving it
Hey Barry good to hear from you... I've actually never heard of Alistair Mclean, whoops... But it was actually one of the Mc leans whose land we went on to that beach. Those rocks were pretty special aye, I don't know a whole lot about them, but incredible how the earth has moved with these straight flat lined rocks on massive angels.
A bit of an off road adventure for you Mike. So worth it for that special spot. Looking forward to the dolphins. Congrats on 2.5k subs.
Thanks fir following as always Owen. Yep still growing slowly and steadily, not breaking any records that's for sure... yip Dolphins 🐬 were pretty special.
Mad good video. I like that the cave and the waterfalls.
Yea they were very cool, nice to have beautiful forests to walk through to get to those spots as well
Yup - definitely on the same campsite we used.
we both know how to pick a campsite then mate... Need to get you eating some Paua now...
Another great area, and a few full on days there. Nicely done with the Paua gathering. That private beach was in a nice sheltered location for the Southern Coast.
Yea it was such a great spot... Took a bit of work to find the Paua, but when we did, it was all on... The private beach was pretty special, especially cause it was from the Mclean family which is a family from the 1800/s in that area, we didn't know that at the time... Pretty cool spot.
Will worth waiting for your video Mike. Love the look of your Paua fritters. I normally mince mine but might give your way a go
Hope you are all enjoying Curio bay
Hey Neville I'd likely mince mine as well but we don't have a mincer onboard it definitely takes awhile to dice them all up... Curio bsy was great videos are very late were at Manapouri currently
A different level in this video did you drink the last one Mike🤣. A beautiful part of the country is the Catlins.
oh gosh you'll have to remind me what happened in this one its about 60 videos ago now lol... Catlins is a great spot. Thanks for checking in yet again mate, appreciate the comments. :)
@@leopardsgowild I noticed the can of alcohol wasn’t the same as in previous videos so I’m guessing you drunk the old one🤔. Still trying to catch up and to where you are now since subscribing to @lepardsgowild. Been watching around five a night. First one was three years ago now ten months. Loving your content ❤️
thats so cool mate... Well another years worth of adventures to come, your just getting to the good stuff now, wait for winter mate, was stunning in the South island. Yes the Can was def drunken @@allantaylor3288
It looks fantastic. I think we'll spend a couple of nights there (or maybe more?). We don't fish but would love to just walk and relax there. Thanks for the info about Cathedral Caves etc.
Yea it's a lively spot to relax a couple of walks on the otherside of the Estuary as well
Kia ora Leopard whanau, hey Mike try stabbing the paua through the middle as soon as collected to kill and prevent them from tightening up so no need to bash em into submission lol..
Cheers bro. I saw another little hack of putting them in boiling water for 30seconds that worked real good... been some good spots down the Southern coast for getting Pauas
Hi man just watching your channel, if you come down again, i can guide you to get some bluecod. Catlins just behind my backyard.
Awww that sounds Awesome We likely will come back to the Catlins maybe in the Winter, but not sure what we are up to next year, we'll be heading to the North Island for a bit, but want to come back down in the winter.
Another great video. What do you do with all the paua shells?
We just return them to the Ocean. Would be nice to do something with them, but we are pretty restricted on space and resources living in the caravan... Shells are beautiful though.
Geee Mike, I would get lost going around all those paths, even with a GPS. You have always been the one with the better sense of direction between the two of us.😆
It does look like fun though.
DOn't remind me of your directional skills that was a hot walk back with luggage at Parachute lol... I guess there was only 2 options we could go and turning around wasn't the one I was taking lol... I didn't mention on the video after finally making it back to the road I had to run 2km back to the truck to pick Toby and Owen up lol...
@@leopardsgowild HEY!!! I got the highest award for orienteering when I was at Girl Guides. But I have to admit nothing has changed I am still just as bad even with a GPS. LOL.😆
However, OH DEAR!!!! You really did get your exercise that day, didn't you? 😆
Hi, we booked for Catlins for 3 days staying in Papatowai. Do you reckon 3 days is enough? I love your video and can't wait to see it ourselves!!!
Oh glad you liked the video I couldn’t advice on time, some people spend 1 night for the entire Area... weather will likely be a big factor.
18:03 I went to the Cathedral Caves some years ago and the person collecting the track maintenance ticket (across private land to the caves) asked where I was from. When I said Auckland she said " that'll be double price for you then". It was all in jest but left a sour note with me thinking is this what the rest of NZ think of Aucklanders?
Yea thats fair... Aucklanders do get a rough time some times... Although when lockdowns happen, the whole country suffered with the extended lockdown ya'll had up there... Stunning place down in the Catlins though aye.
Bites tongue....
did you do the gypsy caravan at papatowai?
No we didn't we heard it's 18year olds plus, so we couldn't take the kids... we tend to save our cash for the pools on a rainy days well. Traveling as cheaply as we can.
Are you still near TeAnau? I live here with my young family.
Hey bro na in wanaka currently I'm about a month behind with editing at the moment yikes...
Sorry to have missed you. Would have loved to meet you. We are embarking on a similar adventure once we buy and convert a bus. Questions about just about everything. Love to Skype meet you if yo are up to it.
@C. Neil Linton absolutely if you jump on our Facebook then you can jump on a call.
*isnt it a shame that they have had close their road due to vandalism. Cod would be nice in a bit of batter and some chips*
Yea a problem in New Zealand is people killing your animals for the meat in the night... it's sad but for some people I guess you get free food, I dont think it's to common... blue Cod is so good
Your son is showing some signs of neurdiversity. But if he's doing well with schooling, socially and emotionally then ignore me.
But may show as he gets older. Just telling you this as knowledge is key, take what's relevant n ignore what isn't 🙂❤️
If anyone in family on either side is a lefty, bipolar, ADHD, autistic etc it can repeat down line in anyway. We nearly have all the above between hubby n I 🤦🤷. Eldest is ADHD n youngest is autistic, so we hit the jackpot on that right 😜🤣
Feel free to delete once read, as I don't want people examining your sons behavior for something wrong. There is nothing wrong, he's perfect even ND ❤️. Adorable social n chatty wee man ❤
Interesting observation. Toby is doing pretty well with his reading and writing. He loves to explore and play and comments about the beautiful world around him. He'd much rather be fishing, climbing or playing then inside, but then he also loves getting out scissors and cellotape and making things. I think he's a lot like me when I was a kid.
@@leopardsgowild awesome ❤️❤️. So pleased he is thriving 😊.
I only share because I'd wished someone mentioned it when our eldest was 5. She has n had very obvious signs if I'd known to Google neurodiverse. Only reason I share 🙂