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Archive for January 2nd, 2011

Penguin!

2nd January
2011
written by Hazel
Yesterday we went to the Moeraki Boulders.  They were pretty cool and surprisingly round.  Lots of tourists, but we still had a nice walk on the beach.

Justin on a Moeraki Boulder

 Then we went out to the lighthouse at Moeraki where they have a hide set up (complete with binoculars!) and watched the penguins coming back from their day of fishing.  They were Yellow-Eyed Penguins which are quite rare and endangered, and we were lucky enough to spot 4 of them in about 45 minutes!  So cool to watch them hop the rocks and waddle up to their nests on land.

Yellow-Eyed Penguin

 In Dunedin today.  Heading down to the Catlans tomorrow.

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New Zealand, Oceana