Invercargill is NZ's southernmost city. It has wide tree lined streets and a variety of architectural styles including Victorian, Edwardian and Art Deco. The shops have covered arcades to protect the shopper. Have been here 2 days now. Nice town shame about the rain, it has bucketed down since we arrived although at least the gales have abated. Just glad we are in a nice warm cabin with heating and electric blankets!
It was the hometown of Burt Munroe who holds the fastest land speed record for under 1000cc. We had just seen the film 'The World's Fastest Indian' staring Anthony Hopkins so was great to see the original bike and crouch in the replica made for the film.
We went around the Museum set in lovely gardens but did not see much of them because of the rain. The water tower and Art Gallery were also off limits as they had been deemed a Health and Safety risk since the Christchurch Earthquake. They did not suffer damage they just don't have any ant quake protection. It dried out for a short while allowing us to have a walk at Bluff but sadly no oysters as they were out of season