Catlins River Station Cottage is a wonderfully peaceful, ideally situated home just 5 mins out of Owaka. Warm and comfortable (esp the beds!), and soooooo quiet. The valley and lake are beautiful. The house is amongst the sheep paddocks under the hill, and has everything you could ask for. Cell phone signals in the area are very sketchy but there's Wifi at the house which makes things easy (the bandwidth is great for socials/news/etc but probably not for streaming). The lounge is really spacious, and the wood burner keeps everything toasty (although there's a massive heat pump as well, if you're so inclined). Kitchen is well appointed - we knocked up a roast dinner and banana bread - and the small supermarket in Owaka is only 5 mins away. Like all country places we've been, keep the windows closed after dark if the lights are on otherwise you'll get a great collection of bugs!! Catlin highlights we'd recommend - go horse riding with Cara at Newhaven, McLean's Falls are fantastic (although you're spoilt for choice with waterfalls), watch the dolphins at Porpoise Bay, find a rare yellow-eyed penguin at the Nuggets, have lunch at Tumu Toka Curio Scape at Curio Bay, check out the 2nd hand book store in Owaka, walk out to the Blowhole. We had a great week, and would thoroughly recommend the River Station Cottage...