Friday, July 2, 2010

Boulders, bikes, and birds

On our way up to Christchurch, we stopped by the Moeraki boulders to take a few pics. These boulders are perfectly round and just in this one location. We missed the entrance through the bushes to get back to the car and ended up walking through the sand for an extra 45 minutes. The first night we stayed in Oamaru and spent some time walking around the historical district. There is a bicycle group there with some old bikes on display as well as some other random displays courtesy of the town. The motorcycle pic is in honor of Brian's truck!
After exploring around Oamaru, we ventured out to find some penguins. The yellow-eyed penguin spot had been closed for several weeks because of some slips. Amie heard from her German friends that they had been out there to see the penguins just the week before and they had mentioned nothing about the path being closed. We decided that since they had done it and not even mentioned it was closed that it would be no big deal to make it out there . We hopped the fence and turn around the corner to find this:We thought that it would've been worth mentioning, but apparently this did not make an impression on the Germans. The viewing deck was close enough to see, but my camera does not make the photos very worthwhile. The penguin is waddling up the beach through the water in this photo. Good times in Oamaru!

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