Put simply, if you love the great outdoors, then Southland won't disappoint! Our province offers significant lifestyle opportunities that are focused on spending leisure time with family and friends and enjoying the superb nature and outdoors pursuits that our region has to offer.
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Southland's Key Outdoors Highlights:
- 2x NZ National Parks (Rakiura and Fiordland - a World Heritage Area)
- 4x NZ Great Walks (Milford, Kepler, Routeburn and Rakiura tracks)
- 3x Fjords - spectacular Milford Sound, Doubtful Sound, Dusky Sound - NZ's iconic scenery
- 5x top NZ Ski/Snowboard destinations (Coronet Peak, Remarkables, Cardrona, Treble Cone, Snow Park)
- Queenstown - NZ's adventure capital and premier tourist destination
- Stewart Island and the Catlins Coast - superb wildlife and natural unspoilt scenery
- Fantastic brown trout fly-fishing on the Mataura and other Southland fly-fishing locations.
- Excellent wildlife and unspoilt scenery region wide
- Mountains, lakes, beaches and rivers creating spectacular scenery and numerous outdoor pursuits
- Road, mountain and track cycling - including NZ's only indoor cycling velodrome
- Kayaking and rowing
- Rock/mountain climbing
- Hunting (deer, wild pigs, mallard duck)
- Sea-fishing and diving (blue cod, crayfish, paua)
- Adventure sports (bungy jumping, white water rafting, jet boating, hang-gliding, canyoning, paragliding)
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Locations and Distances:
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Invercargill City - driving times:
- Queenstown (2 hours 15)
- Dunedin (2 hours 30)
- Te Anau (2 hours)
- Milford Sound(3 hours 15)
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Invercargill City - direct flights:
- Christchurch (70 min)
- Wellington (1 hour 50)
- Stewart Island (20 min)
- International connections from Christchurch
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Queenstown:
- Wanaka (1 hour drive)
- Invercargill (2 hours 15 drive)
- Dunedin (3 hours 30 drive)
- Direct flights: Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne
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Southland's Lifestyle Features:
- A relaxed, easy and affordable lifestyle with an abundance of outdoors activities and unspoilt scenery right on the back doorstep
- Easy access to New Zealand's premier scenic destinations including Queenstown, Wanaka, Fiordland, Stewart Island and the Catlins
- Invercargill City boasts some of New Zealand's most affordable, quality housing
- Excellent schools where children have increased opportunities to excel and participate at both a local and national level in their academic, sporting and cultural interests
- Zero-fees tertiary study at the Southern Institute of Technology and close proximity to the University of Otago (NZ's oldest, prestigious University)
- Family focused lifestyle - it's all about being there in the audience or on the sideline supporting your children to participate and excel in their interest areas
- Community innovation - Invercargill City is a modern, progressive centre with superb facilities that have been supported by the Invercargill Licensing Trust and Community Trust of Southland
- Welcoming community - Southland people are well known for their hospitality and open, friendly attitude
- Traffic-jam free! Forget frustrating commute times and holiday weekend traffic hold ups for ever!
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