Having checked the weather and wind we decided to stay here until tomorrow, we were surprised to find all the other boats had left by mid morning. We went for a good walk in the morning, up to the top of the cliffs over looking the entrance to the bay. Walking back along the beach we met a group of eight youngsters, turns out they are all staying at the farm for two weeks doing volunteer work, mainly looking for invasive Argentinian ants! The island has an association with the Department of Conservation, they have eradicated rats and cats. We walked past the nesting gulls with Benji under strict control. The gulls were very brave, one or two came dive bombing Benji, much to his annoyance. There were also a few nesting dotterel which are now severely threatened in NZ, as they have been savaged by predators.
We had another walk in the evening for Benji, with glorious low sunlight lighting up the beach and cliffs. We were just having sunset drinks on the back of the boat when we were joined in the bay by another sailing boat. It was a smaller catamaran than us, we counted eleven people on board, we wondered where they all slept? We had a great start to the evening with oysters and champagne which Tim and Carol had bought. Followed by a BBQ on the boat, it was a lovely balmy evening.
Early morning light on the mirror like water
Spraying for cockroaches while we are out
Exploring caves
View of Coralie bay
Great views on our walk
The pohutukawa just starting to flower
The nesting gulls with their chicks
Walking along the spit
PolePole in the bay all to herself
The entrance to the bay
Dramatic cliffs
The nesting birds, the darker birds in the foreground are the chicks
Evening walk
Low sunlight catches the cliffs
The bay to ourselves
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