The Southern Scenic Route (Southland)

From Milford we headed south about as far as we possibly could without hopping on a flight to Antarctica. On Wednesday, we had lunch in Invercargill, the southernmost city in the world (depending on whom you ask) and checked out the amazing Queens Park. The best part of the park was the amazing playground with all kinds of dangerous looking toys that lawyers in the U.S. would have a field day with. Below is a picture of Steve on the verge of a head injury and Vicky on a swing definitely meant for those shorter than four feet.

Then we followed the south coast on the Southern Scenic Route, making a few stops on the way. Out of pure curiosity, we tried to chase down a waterfall on our map called Niagara Falls. We failed – we’ve got one of those on our continent anyway. We also stopped at a petrified forest. Here we are sitting on a 180 million year fossilized log from the Jurassic Period.