This morning, we were told that a barbecue had been held last night and the leftovers would be fed to the eels in the creek. The eels snapped after the bread, even slithering onto land a bit to get the food. Boy, they were long! The rainbow trout joined in and so did the ducks and mallards, so that all in all it was a general havoc. After that and the usual morning routine, we got in the car and went. We took a short drive to Rarangi, where we walked to Monkey Bay (10 min. return). There we found a cave that opened up again on the other side, which meant that the waves could travel through an almost came out the other side! At the start of the track there was also a cave, which had been formed by wave action but in this case had also been extended by human action. The entrance was impossibly small and steep, so I couldn’t possibly imagine somebody working here — which was what people were doing in a photo on an info sign. But when we went a bit further in, we saw that it got much larger. So much larger, in fact, that I could easily imagine living there (provided there was more light and less mud!) The cave also went much deeper into the rock than we had imagined: it could’ve been a full 20 metres long!
After leaving the caves and Monkey Bay behind, we in the direction of Picton to have lunch. But before we arrived, we had another walk to a lookout, although we didn’t even find the lookout. Anyway, on the way back from the somewhat disappointing “lookout”, I went ahead, so I completely missed when the others saw three Kiwis in the bush. Luckily, Dad told me about it, so I was able to run back before the Kiwis went away. Later, once we had gotten to our camp, Pinedale Motor Camp, we found a book about New Zealand wildlife, and discovered that what we thought was a Kiwi had actually been a Weka, a duck-like New Zealand bird.
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| The Weka |
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