Are the Catlins Underwhelming? | Family Adventures @Papatowai

[@allantaylor3288]

Great video yet again. The Catlins is one of my happy places. If your down that way again Pounawea about 15kms east of Owaka is worth a visit. There’s a camp there but we stay at the Owaka golf coarse $10 per vehicle per night with water and toilets it’s a Nzmca POP but doesn’t appear on their app also there’s New Haven there’s a camp there also but I know you prefer the freedom camping.

[@leopardsgowild]

Yea Catlins is a great spot, I'm keen to see this area in the winter as well, I imagine it to be pretty miserable, but sometimes thats a story in itself.

[@annawilson5587]

loved those underwater pics. Spent many hours in the Catlins as a child, but NEVER went in the freezing water above my knees. So brave of you

[@leopardsgowild]

Pretty crisp alright 👍 kids did ok as well. We were last here March water was a lot warmer

[@CHillAdventures]

The kids went off grid camping while you guys were already off grid camping lolol!!! Great when u add the bits with Riley is great talking on the camera!! Stay awesome Leopards 🐆

[@leopardsgowild]

I think they are already leaving the nest.... they love veing in the tent, rent free of course lol, Riley is a Natural

[@CHillAdventures]

@leopardsgowild hahaha they'll never leave when they realize how much it costs to travel around... they'll be ur costars forever!¡!¡!!¡

[@marcelgallichan2816]

Mate awesome Vid guy, loving all that Paua, This guy here at Gallichan Truck Life Nz is TOTALLY TOTALLY jealous

[@leopardsgowild]

Bro, we need to get some Paua out your way, is'nt it the place to go for Paua???? Loving the North island adventures bro, keep em coming.

[@nami-vlog]

Wow! What a great video! Thank you for sharing it! Greetings from @nami-vlog! Stay in touch, my dear friend! We'll meet Again! I wish you a wonderful day!💜💜💜💜💜👍

[@leopardsgowild]

Thank you. I hope you have a great day as well.

[@HaroldHawthorne-u2k]

Another great video, always looking forward to the next one. Thanks and all the best.

[@leopardsgowild]

Thanks a lot, do many good 👍 adventures

[@kiwigecko1]

Love it thank you.....looking forward to the next episode.

[@leopardsgowild]

Choice mate, I better get started on the next one then aye... slacking off...

[@angelamcdougall983]

Awesome place to visit thank you for sharing, young Toby has the making of a chef, looking forward to your next episode

[@leopardsgowild]

He's a fun kid, he's been helpping cook since he was 2, I'm looking forward to eating his food when he's older

[@davekerr8133]

Another well presented episode. Thanks for that. We loved the Catlins. I can't understand why people find it underwhelming. 😊

[@leopardsgowild]

I think it's the expectation verses reality, it wasn't what we had anticipated overall, but it still has all the gems, it's a lovely area which we wanted to revisit

[@TomRigginsAandO]

Well done (again !) Such interesting and varied country . Thanks for sharing !

[@leopardsgowild]

Thanks Tom, often thinking of you both, we love to see and hear your comments all the way from the otherside of the world. Hope ya'll are doing well.

[@foxro48]

Another great video. Thank you. Loved the scenery. Curry looked delicious. Well done Toby you are a good cockle cook. Those fritters looked yummy. Looked like the girls had tent well set up for the 2 of them. Guess Toby got outnumbered. Travel safe 🌞🤗🌞

[@leopardsgowild]

ha ha thank you, he got so tired from the long days and playing outside, the caravan pretty much has black out blinds, so he can sleep in till 9am if he wants, but that tent, you'll be awake till 1030pm and awake again at 6pm... I think the girls do like having it just for them for a night or 2 as well... Toby loves his cockles, so cute that boy.

[@meow2612]

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[@leopardsgowild]

Hope you had a merry Christmas.

[@nzhillbilly6468]

All I can say is I love your videos and family adventures, cant wait for the next one, awesome.

[@leopardsgowild]

Thanks.... we have some pretty cool adventures alright.

[@garth2876]

More brilliant footage and great experiences around the South. I've been catching up with the last few videos, it's great to see you getting further afield, as well as re visiting some of those favourite places. I hope we get some good Paua conditions up this way again. They grow much bigger and faster in the cold water as well. It was nice to see the kids out trying the tent camping, and Riley doing some footage.

[@leopardsgowild]

Hey Garth, yes, it's nice to revisit some good spots for sure, a true sign that anyone who follows the channel should visit the area if we've been x2... Kids are totally into the tenting scene right now...

[@Lisamitchell-jm4kc]

Fantastic underwater footage Mike 👏 👍

[@leopardsgowild]

Cheers mate, its beautiful under there, the kids kept telling me all the spots I had to video.

[@michaelconnell8624]

Another great video. Did you have a look at the Gypsy Bus and Curious Interactive Park while you were there?

[@leopardsgowild]

no I think it has an age restriction on that, we saw it when we were here in march earlier in the year... We are happy ro enjoy the natural aspects of the area, maybe once the kids have grown up and left, we'll check out more of these options.

[@Saarvl-sl5zz]

Favourite spot, hidden piece of paradise.

[@leopardsgowild]

Yes, it totally is a slice of paradise.

[@JenniferGreen-yd2jc]

Thanks. Lovely video. Lovely family.

[@leopardsgowild]

Thanks so much for watching our adventure appreciate it. Catlins are pretty epic

[@nickbenfell4327]

My parents (over 60 years ago!) use to take me and my three siblings on camping trips using an old 9 x 9 tent and later in a borrowed home built caravan that was an utterly weird shape. I often think of those holidays and my parents struggling with inadequate equipment and we four kids lying on a mattress in the back of a 1954 Austin A70 countryman as we travelled all over Otago and Southland.

[@leopardsgowild]

wow those would have been the days aye... Camping was about all most people could afford to do. Otago and Southland must have changed so much since the 60's

[@PentaxLife]

Yes, Mike, you are a very good cook, great episode. Sure was fun getting together. Love the videos, keep them coming. We made it up to the Aratiatia rapids

[@leopardsgowild]

Cheers team huka falls is beautiful aye... you lot are in the next video.

[@RadRoadAdventures]

Nice time gathering, good haul too. Great work Riley on the camera 👏 Love that you are getting back to some of your favorite places

[@leopardsgowild]

Yea there was still loads of stuff we missed first time round... love some free fresh food

[@brianna56ism]

Awesome guys. You are really becoming hunter gatherers. From team Kawerau

[@leopardsgowild]

Thanks team ro nice collecting free nutritious food glad Toby's into it as well 😀

[@Tishamouse]

What camera do you use? Same one that is underwater? That looks so fun!! Loved this episode (Mondays r my KZbin days to catch up on you guys and Maddie Taylor 😅)

[@leopardsgowild]

Oh hey there, yes I use a Gopro hero 10, my last one died early this year which meant we needed to upgrade... The gopro is the only camera we have other than the drone, so it's all a very simple production...

[@NomadLifeKiwi]

Toby was adorable cooking those cockles. Loved watching the crabs eat the scraps, they looked like real characters. You’re lucky to have a navigator to find your spots, we always drive around in circles, neither of us wanting to make a decision! And those underwater shots were so vibrant. Did you have a filter on your GoPro?

[@leopardsgowild]

toby is the funniest kid I've ever met, he's always up for fun and adventure. He totally took over the cockle mission, and did it all except the actually fritters. I have no filters, all of my footage is always as it is, i don't enhance anything, other than the southern lights which need a bit of enhancement.

[@NomadLifeKiwi]

@@leopardsgowild oh wow, that was very colourful underwater then. So lucky to get all that paua. Yum yum.

[@Lisamitchell-jm4kc]

Loved the "girls walk"😊

[@leopardsgowild]

I like it when they get the camera and do some filming as well, it's a good capture of their little world, and fun to look back on in the years to come.

[@willieforbes5284]

Looks like everyone is having a great time, keep it up!

[@leopardsgowild]

Yea loving the travel life, nice to be able to go where we want.

[@WayneWaring-v9f]

Great video Mike, loved the fresh seafood - agree with Toby cockle fritters are great!

[@leopardsgowild]

yea mate, cockles are underrated, had never tried them before this trip, but def a favourite... Glad toby likes them, you can tell from the video he's all about it.

[@brooketamihana7204]

Great content whanau !! really enjoyed it 😊

[@leopardsgowild]

thanks a lot, cheers for watching our adventure.

[@petervaneeden3651]

Have you been to the peel forest huge native tree walk there is a doc camp 20minutes to Geraldine Barkers jam juice shop (free tasting). Also Turimawiwi Dunes (4x4 Anatoki river ford) and remote Mangarakau area lots to see on the way via West Haven, Golden Bay.

[@leopardsgowild]

There's loads of places we've missed peel forest is on the list, we popped over to golden bay for the day on the weekend for a look, very busy I reckon the off season is required fir us to enjoy it. We're planning a trip back North and then South again in Winter

[@petervaneeden3651]

Yes Takaka and Golden bay is busy place in summer actually probably many places as camping is cheaper option now days.@@leopardsgowild

[@maureenkeene7566]

Pleased to see the sun is shining down south for you. I'm like Toby - mussels and paua aren't to my taste. I think I need to try cockles to see if they are. Counting down the weeks till we are in our caravan full-time. Hoping to see you on the road next year. Another great video, Mike.

[@leopardsgowild]

Thank you, cockles are pretty tasty alright, had never tried them till this trip... you'll be looking forward to life on the road we love it 😀

[@sspacegghost]

its a great drive - but theres no fuel stations...be warned fill up

[@leopardsgowild]

@@sspacegghost there's a Mckweon fuel at Papatowai

[@hopaea7]

You missed McLean Falls - close to where you were staying...

[@leopardsgowild]

haven't heard of that one? is it in the area?

[@AllyG1967]

turn up the road at the Whistling Frog Camping ground@@leopardsgowild

[@fisher-y6c]

say goodbye to good stocks of paua there now, 😂

[@leopardsgowild]

Yea mate for sure... was a year between this visit and the first when we showed this area, unfortunately for us divers don't follow us... also though the catlins is loaded a quick search on youtube will show you that

[@fisher-y6c]

commercial takes tons

[@leopardsgowild]

@user-hk2vp7il4o it's criminal I don't think our seafood should be for overseas market... you want to send it overseas then they should farm it not take it out of our water and then blame the recreational fishers and divers or restrict them so heavily

[@ihsanaabdulmuhusin4026]

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[@leopardsgowild]

Yum sea food.