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Published: June 27th 2007
Me and a Sea Lion
Surat Bay - The Catlins Coast- South Island New Zealand
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From Lake Manapouri I set off early and made it to the
Catlins Coast Via
Invercargill for about 1pm, the Coast line is filled with beautiful waterfalls, sea lions, penguins & fur seals all in their natural habitat, I made it to
Owaka just as it was getting dark & made it to a lovely hostel called
Catlins Backpackers with an electric blanket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God the things you
take for granted back home... Met a few people there and the next day headed off in search of this
sea lion that I kept missing along the coast line.
Drove maybe 10 kms to
Surat Bay and parked the car,
crossed over a little wooden bridge and made my way
through forest and sand dunes until eventually I came to the
cliffs edge and there he was... all by himself...there didn't seem to be anyway down at first but I didn't come all this way for nothing so I kind of sand slid down the edge...
my first encounter with a sea lion in it's natural habitat Me and a Sea Lion
Surat Bay - The Catlins Coast- South Island New Zealand pretty cool and it was just me and him and miles of open desserted beach. He didn't seem fazed by me at all, unlike my next encounter with a fur seal!!!!
Along the coast I came to
Curio Bay to see the
Petrified forest... Quote from dictionary for us all - (Fossil formed by the infiltration of minerals into cavities between and within cells of natural wood)... Most dramatically, the Curio Bay Petrified Forest allows a glimpse of young forest that was vibrant with life 150 million years ago!!
Unfortunately I missed out on the
Yellow Eyed Penguin, these birds
pair for life and always return to their favourite nesting site. They nest amongst the roots of forest trees, within calling range but not sight of the next pair. Penguins are the original innocents. They have no idea how to
defend themselves or their chicks from predators.
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charlie
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catlins
amazing! dr doolittle!