Moeraki
When we arrived at the campground we were told it was time now to go see the Yellow-Eyed Penguins coming home to feed their chicks from a day of fishing at sea. Waiting for mummy in a safe spot.
'Give me some fish, Mummy'.
It was amazing seeing them in their natural environment - and we didn't even have to pay for it!
There were also plenty of fur seals lazing around. They barely raised their heads when we walked by in respectful distance.
Moeraki Boulders
These spherical boulders on Koekohe Beach is scattered about like a giant kid's discarded marbles. The boulders are actually concretions that have been exposed through shoreline erosion from coastal cliffs that back the beach. They originally formed in ancient sea floor sediments around 60 million years ago.
Some are more than three meters in diameter and weighs several hundred tonnes,
This boulder tidal pool housed a starfish and some seaweed.
A 'new' Andy is hatching......
Oamaru
We stopped for coffee and ice cream in Oamaru. We walked through the Historic Precinct with the largest collection of protected heritage buildings in New Zealand. They were crafted from the local limestone now known worldwide as Oamaru Stone.
Nothing moves fast here!
We spent the night in Geraldine, which has a country-village atmosphere with a population of 2,210 people.
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