Tourist information - Invercargill
Invercargill is a city in New Zealand, on southern South Island. The city is found at the mouth of the Waihopai River, around the New River Harbour of Foveaux Strait. Invercargill is the gateway to the scenic fjord and also lake fishing areas to the northwest. Industries include meat packing, wool milling, dairy processing, sawmilling, and brewing, along with the manufacture of foundry as well as clay products, machinery, flour, and fertilizer. The city is served by the port of Bluff, 19 km south, in which timber, meat, fish, oysters, wool, and also granite are exported. The Mataura lignite mines are nearby, and also sheep grazing as well as dairy and also vegetable farming are carried on around the Southland Plain. Invercargill was settled within the 1850s and chartered in 1871.
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