Mike picked us up in his rental car in Te Anau and we hit for the road down the Southern Scenic Route. One of the first things we saw was a herd of sheep - many, many, many sheep - in the road. I've seen postcards of it, and I've been wanting to see it all along.
We had a few stops along the way to Invercargill - McCracken's rest, Monkey Island, etc. There wasn't much to see or do in Invercargill so we did our grocery shopping and had lunch there. We were on our way to the Catlins from there, when we got a flat tire!! Lucky for me I was with two boys so all I had to do was watch and make sure they didn't get hit by cars that came by (there was no place to pull over). Fortunately for them it wasn't dark and raining - tho it was very windy and cold. 
The roads in Catlins weren't sealed, so we had some windy, gravelly roads. We were already running pretty late in the day, so we didn't make too many stops. We only stopped at Nugget Point. Then we arrived in Dunedin, pretty late & tired. Tonight, Mike cooked the meal. While it was really cool to be travelling with 2 guys who can cook, it was a bit embarassing that I couldn't cook.
The next morning, we spent a few hours walking around Dunedin before heading towards Mt.Cook. We saw Otago University, Knox Church, Octagon, and the Railway Station.
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