Friday, May 8, 2009

Day 74

Day 74 was a pretty big day. We woke up and did our cleaning then we ate some banana pancakes ("pretend like it's the weekend, now..." - a little Jack Johnson) made by our friend Smith. After brunch we got cleaned up, got some coffee and said goodbye to our friend Claire who is moving up to the North Island.

It was a beautiful day so we decided to head out to the seal colony and do the peninsula walk. We walked along the coast and enjoyed the scenery (note the snow covered peaks).



























Once we got to the seal colony we headed up the hill to the top of the cliffs. From the top we had a great view of the mountains, the ocean and the seal colony below. It was a fabulous day.














The walk goes around the peninsula on top of the cliffs through cow paddocks and grasslands.














Below is a beautiful view of Whaler's Bay. This area is known for having whales close to land and was one of the prime whaling locations in New Zealand during the 19th century.














So many beautiful views during the walk. This is looking southwest from the peninsula. Kaikoura is northwest from the peninsula.




























There was also cool geology along the walk. The water is very shallow in places and just skims over the rock surface below.




















At the end of the walk we came across some Maori carvings along the South Bay entrance to the peninsula walk.






























We finished the walk by heading back across the peninsula further west through South Bay and back into Kaikoura. It was a very beautiful day and an incredible walk, even though we didn't get to see any whales today.

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