The Purakaunui Falls are a cascading three-tiered waterfall on the Purakaunui River, in The Catlins of the southern South Island of New Zealand.[1] As one of very few South Island waterfalls away from the alpine region,[2] it has long been a popular destination and photographic subject.[3]
The falls are located 17 km (11 mi) to the southwest of the small town of Owaka and 5 kilometres (3 mi) from the river's outflow into the Pacific Ocean. They can be reached via a short 10-minute bush walk from a car park on the Waikoato Valley / Purakaunui Falls Road, a gravel side-road off the main Owaka-Invercargill road. There are toilets and a picnic area. The small, well-signposted detour to the falls is popular with tourist travellers along the Southern Scenic Route, and prominently mentioned in brochures about the area.[5]
Although the Purakaunui Falls are not part of the Catlins Conservation Park, they are surrounded by native bush consisting of podocarp and silver beech, in a scenic reserve of 5 square kilometres (2 sq mi). A small viewing platform near the top of the falls is accessible by wheelchair. Steps continue down to the main viewing platform at the base of the 20 metres (66 ft) three tiered cascade.
^"Photograph of Purakaunui Falls, from 1908". National Services Te Paerangi (NZ Museums). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
^"Waterfalls, New Zealand postage stamps". New Zealand Post. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
^(PDF). Department of Conservation NZ. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
External linksedit
Official website for The Catlins
Purakaunui Falls on 10c stamp of the 1976 waterfalls stamp series
January 01, 1970
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