Here are sea lions and penguins. There are two main penguin types in New Zealand, the yellow eyed, and the little blue. The little blue is little, 20 or so centimetres, and the yellow eyed has, well, yellow eyes. It is about 3 to 4 times bigger, and is an endangered species. Both penguins are protected. Went to two places to view the yellow eyed penguins. One we paid, and saw a couple of them. Another place was free (donations accepted), and we saw lots, plus sea lions.
Went to another beach where there were seals sunning themselves in the dune's and on the beach.
Place is also famous for the Moeraki boulders. Strange large, spherical boulders lying along a stretch of Koekohe Beach.
If you need to know what they are: these boulders are grey-colored septarian concretions.
Had a nice meal at Fleurs restaurant. Famous for its fish and sea dishes. We encountered two Chinese men, we think father and son.
Now Fleurs likes to think it's upmarket and sophisticated, you even have to book for a table (we had).
In jumps our two Chinese friends, the older one had some English, the younger one none, and orders. Luckily for them there has been a cancellation. The table next to ours becomes theirs. They order two sets of dinners for two, ie four dinners. One leaves for about 20 minutes and returns with a Bottle of Jacobs Creek white wine. Opens it and fills up the two water glasses. Waiter not amused. Fleurs has an extensive wine cellar. Anyway agree to pay corkage. They seem such a happy pair so that when one starts to take photos we take some for them using their camera. It turned what would have been a stuffy evening into light entertainment.
Yvonne kept looking for the hidden camera.
Tomorrow off to Oamaru to see some small blue penguins, and visit the famous 'steam punk' museum.
Leave you with some photos. It gets quite windy, spot the seal, a penguin we paid to see, a penguin we didn't, view from our bedroom, Yvonne on the rocks, more of those round stones.
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