couchsurfing invercargill

from fiordland i really wanted to go to stewart island for about a week to hike the rangiora track, which meant a stopover in the southern tip city of invercargill. i have heard nothing plesant about invercargill to date, the only reason people go there or go through there is to get the ferry to stewart island... so i decided it might be another good use of couchsurfing and that i should stay with a local to see why anyone lives there and what they do there, etc. i was accepted by gavin and angela, both born and raised in the area, and this was my couch for 2 nights!