Saturday March 31st Moeraki
Today we got up early and ate breakfast on the road as we traveled to Moeraki. This was the farthest place we have traveled in one day and the almost four hour trip was made a little more treacherous by the thick fog and heavy cloud cover. However, by the time we arrived on the eastern coast the sun was shining and it was stunning weather. The people who owned the B & B had two daughters and two dogs. The kids enjoyed meeting them and jumping on their trampoline.
Our first stop after eating lunch was the fascinating Moeraki Boulders!
In quotations below is taken from: http://www.moerakiboulders.com/ This website has a short video as well if you want to check it out.
“The Moeraki Boulders are a group of very large spherical “stones” on Koekohe Beach near Moeraki on New Zealand’s Otago coast. These boulders are actually concretions that have been exposed through shoreline erosion from coastal cliffs that back the beach.
They originally formed in ancient sea floor sediments around 60 million years ago.”
Gabe lounges on a boulder.
One of the Moeraki boulders.
Tara sits on one where you can see internally.
Brody meditates in this calm place!
Next, we headed to the Moeraki lighthouse and saw tons of wild life. There were several of the very rare yellow eyed penguins and lots and lots of NZ fur seals.
Moeraki lighthouse.
The small peninsula just below the lighthouse that
was teeming with wildlife.
Two yellow-eyed penguins, one is molting.
A NZ fur seal.
It was amazing how close we were.
Gabe watches the wildlife (better than the discovery or nature channel).
We stopped in the downtown area and walked around the harbor and then along the beach before heading back to our motel, the Moeraki Haven.
Moeraki harbor.
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