Quite pleased with this photo - brooding skies over Karioitahi Beach where the sand was jet black, never seen anything like it! Apparently it can get hot on the soles of your feet in summer. It goes on for miles north and south and next stop is probably South America. We walked for a while and had plenty of space although there were a few lads racing off road bikes up and down - mind you it was Sunday afternoon. The ice cream man was an elderly chap called Mr Muggeridge who sold cornets out of the back of his pickup.
We managed to get a bit of a mention in the parkrun news from last weekend where I came in second. How did that happen?
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Millwater-parkrun/313265495526151
Keep thinking that we are seeing New Zealand native birds but it's not quite like that.
These little so and so's were quite fun jumping up and down in the air and attacking each other at the Wenderholm reserve up the coast. We then found that they are Californian Quails, which are yet another introduced species - it's a wonder that there are any of the original birds left. Kiwis are fairly common apparently but they only come out at night - which is probably why they've survived this long.
No parkrun in the morning unfortunately - it's ANZAC Day so the whole of Australia and New Zealand is having a lie-in! We'll just have to do our own thing.
Imperial Stout!
This is from Moa Brewery. Got it on a special from the shop down the road - 10% ish so we didn't dare open it just yet. The Moa was a relative of the Ostrich but it was up to 12 foot tall! They became extinct about 500 years ago because they had plenty of meat on them and they were easy to catch - this was well before Captain Cook arrived and the Maoris were the culprits. Bet they must have tasted good - Moa Tikka Masala?
Nice blog Martin and Vicky, looks a great adventure!
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