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Escape to Stewart Island's Halfmoon Bay, where sheltered Bathing Beach and the Oban waterfront are tested every summer. Ready for a southern swim?

A small harbour beach in Bluff, tested weekly each summer, with a Good water quality grade, street parking and regular seal visitors.

Discover a quiet dairy-farming settlement on the Southland Plains, where State Highway 1 meets the road west to Makarewa.

Explore quiet farmland east of Invercargill, where the Southern Scenic Route runs through dairy country and an old railway line.

Discover a quiet coastal settlement on the estuary, where bush walks, beach history and open strait light await.

Discover Tussock Creek near Invercargill, where plains farms, a community hall and a rare forest remnant shape a quiet rural district.

Explore a quiet farming settlement east of Invercargill, where highway traffic, the Waihopai River and old school gates shape daily life.

Explore a sand and shingle peninsula west of Invercargill, where bush walks, estuary edges and open beach country sit side by side.

Head to the open plain between Invercargill and Bluff, where Awarua Bay wetlands and radio history sit under a wide coastal sky.

Discover the harbour spit opposite Bluff, where an aluminium smelter meets conservation land and a permit opens the coast.

Discover Woodlands near Invercargill, a quiet farming settlement on State Highway 1 where a school, war memorial and river country still shape daily life.

Explore Mill Road on Invercargill's rural edge, where lifestyle blocks and open farmland sit a short drive from the city.