nearly whale watching

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We came here because its THE place to see whales, but unfortunately, the wind is from the wrong quarter, and the sea is too rough to take tourists out. So we spent yesterday on the beach in glorious sunshine, and today booking the next batch of hostels in pouring rain (but luckily we could stay indoors for that). We've been to a couple of fur seal colonies - today the young ones were playing in a pool, just like lambs really, jumping over each other and racing around. Also saw an interesting cave, formed under the sea, then thrown up in an earthquake, or just thrown up!!! Saw a bit made of diatoms too, Sophie.

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Photos

hi there Robyn
you got pretty close too.

on the beach
at Kaikoura, where mountains meet the sea.

seal colony
the bull seals often sleep in the car park, but not today.

however
there were several nearby! They make little nests in the grass.

but this was the closest we got today
its a road sign for a whale shaped traffic bump.

flint feature
caused by diatoms. A strange shape though, and no-one knows why.