The Catlins and the Southern Scenic Route
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Catlins and the Southern Scenic Route
By (Author) Neville Peat
Otago University Press
Otago University Press
1st December 2017
New Zealand
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Nature and the natural world: general interest
919.3930412
Physical Properties
Paperback
72
Width 170mm, Height 210mm
Description
An out-of-the-way corner of the South Island, the Catlins is a beautiful and relatively unspoilt area with many natural attractions, including that rare thing on the east coast, native forest. Neville Peat introduces the region its flora, wildlife, bush walks, caves and waterfalls before tracing the journey along the stunning Southern Scenic Route linking Otago, Southland and Fiordland.
Author Bio
Neville Peat is an award-winning New Zealand nature writer and biographer. His books also cover genres such as history, geography and the environment. The original edition of Wild Dunedin won the inaugural Montana New Zealand Book Awards Natural Heritage Category in 1996. In 2007 he was awarded New Zealands largest literary prize, the Creative New Zealand Michael King Writers Fellowship, for a book about the Tasman Sea. He lives on the Otago Peninsula, handy to albatrosses, penguins and sea lions.
