Hokitika Gorge & Lake Kaniere
June 22nd 2011 Ivy and Suzy were rousted early to join me on a beach walk for a blue penguin hunt. They have just started nesting but they are very hard to see on the beach. Apparently, they come in at night and head back to sea at dawn. We had a nice walk but didn't have any luck with the penguins. They sure look to be cute little buggers.
After the boys rolled out of bed, we hit the road. Our fir
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