{"id":4652,"date":"2015-09-29T18:55:27","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T08:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/?p=4652"},"modified":"2015-10-01T17:58:37","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T07:58:37","slug":"the-catlins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/?p=4652","title":{"rendered":"The Catlins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Catlins is a region of NZ south of Dunedin but not quite to Invercargill. It lined up twice when it came to natural beauty. Landscapes, seascapes, creeks, rivers, blowholes and waterfalls. Then add some mountains, hills, beaches, dramatic coast lines including massive seacaves and you start to get the idea.<\/p>\n<p>The Doc is based at Kaka Point, near Nugget Point (great lighthouse and The Nuggets) and not far from Owaka.<\/p>\n<p>Today we take a look at a few of the waterfalls. The Doc liked McLean, Puraunui and Matai Falls the most.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"604\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/thedocaus.com\\\/blog\\\/?p=4652&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:59703768}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 604px; height: 290px;\" data-original-width=\"604\" data-original-height=\"290\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 385px; height: 290px;\" data-original-width=\"385\" data-original-height=\"290\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4653\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"381\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"286\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"4653\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/New-Zealand-Waterfalls-0001.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;13&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;MICHAEL HAINS&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;PENTAX 645Z&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1443438626&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;MICHAEL HAINS&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.16666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"New Zealand Waterfalls- 0001\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/New-Zealand-Waterfalls-0001.jpg?fit=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/New-Zealand-Waterfalls-0001.jpg?fit=604%2C453&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/New-Zealand-Waterfalls-0001.jpg?w=381&#038;h=286&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/New-Zealand-Waterfalls-0001.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/New-Zealand-Waterfalls-0001.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/New-Zealand-Waterfalls-0001.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" width=\"381\" height=\"286\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"381\" data-original-height=\"286\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"New Zealand Waterfalls- 0001\" alt=\"New Zealand Waterfalls- 0001\" style=\"width: 381px; 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height: 243px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 604px; height: 454px;\" data-original-width=\"604\" data-original-height=\"454\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 604px; height: 454px;\" data-original-width=\"604\" data-original-height=\"454\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=4657\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"600\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"450\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"4657\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/New-Zealand-Waterfalls-0005.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;22&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;MICHAEL HAINS&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;PENTAX 645Z&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1443525320&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;MICHAEL HAINS&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"New Zealand Waterfalls- 0005\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/New-Zealand-Waterfalls-0005.jpg?fit=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/New-Zealand-Waterfalls-0005.jpg?fit=604%2C453&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/New-Zealand-Waterfalls-0005.jpg?w=600&#038;h=450&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/New-Zealand-Waterfalls-0005.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/New-Zealand-Waterfalls-0005.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/New-Zealand-Waterfalls-0005.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"600\" data-original-height=\"450\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"New Zealand Waterfalls- 0005\" alt=\"New Zealand Waterfalls- 0005\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 450px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Catlins is a region of NZ south of Dunedin but not quite to Invercargill. It lined up twice when it came to natural beauty. Landscapes, seascapes, creeks, rivers, blowholes and waterfalls. Then add some mountains, hills, beaches, dramatic coast lines including massive seacaves and you start to get the idea. The Doc is based &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/?p=4652\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Catlins<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-4652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-new-zealand"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42vG0-1d2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4652"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4670,"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4652\/revisions\/4670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedocaus.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}