2nd January
2011
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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Very sweet. I’m envious.
I can’t quite figure who looks better on a rock, Justin or the penguin.
P.S. Clarification: I was referring to the penguin, although Justin is equally charming in a non-flightless bird kind of way.
Yours moustachelessly,
Nigel
I zoomed in and I find the yellow eyes kinda disturbing. I somehow expect to find out the penguin is part of some evil plot masterminded by a dolphin in some offshore base determined to create a global mackerel shortage. I mean, you can tell a lot from the eyes.