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One of the main
things that make Catlins a popular tourist attraction is its
magnificent scenic coastal landscape. Catlins is an area which
not a lot of population. The area of Catlins is very
spectacular. There are a lot of interesting places which are not
accessible by cars but only by walk as the Slope Point. A big
part of Catlins is also covered with temperate rainforest. Most
of the population live in Owaka which is a small town in Otago
in Catlins. Owaka means in Maori “the place of canoes”,
originally Owaka was called Catlins River and afterwards
Quarkerfield. Otago is a region of about 32,000 km square. The
region of Otago has a population of over 180,000. Catlins has a
lot of specialities that may be seen only in this part of New
Zealand as blowholes, the cathedral caves, beautiful sandy
beaches, great ocean swells. |
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