Today, we drove down south to Okarito, with stops in Greymouth for supplies, and, further down the coast, in Hokitika to use those supplies. At the beach in Hokitika, there was also a cool sculpture out of driftwood, tied together with natural fibres. I was surprised. I had expected concrete to glue the wood in place, but it was put into gaps into the rocks, and padded with seaweed. The artwork spelled: Hokitika. This seemed to be a large tourist attraction, which meant that it must have been sturdy and can't have been temporary. After eating, we wandered into Hokitika to check it out. Mum and Dad gave us some money and Grandma and Grandpa took us to get some ice-cream. After getting ice-cream, which was mango flavoured, cost 4.50$ and was about the size of three regular scoops but was advertised as one, we checked out the shops on the street, and found some very funny postcards, we decided to look for Mum and Dad. We found them, Mum gave us extra money, and then we went back to the ice-cream shop to get Grandma and Grandpa ice-creams. Then we settled down on a bench to eat our ice-creams. After we ate, Mum and Dad took us into a shop to buy Mum a warm jacket while we watched how the jade carvers in the large room behind the shop as they carved the rock to be sold. Me and Niklas actually got one for free, although it was just a "leftover", a piece that hadn't been large enough to carve.
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| In Hokitika |
Once we were in Okarito, me and Niklas went onto the beach to skip rocks in the lagoon, but soon realised that because the shore was either steep, rocky or muddy, we couldn't skip well. Instead, we built a structure out of driftwood that resembled a teepee. The problem was, we didn't know how to build. There was plenty of driftwood, and in the end, we managed to build the framework, but couldn't find anything substantial to cover it. In the end, we had an empty framework, but hopefully that would change when we keep building tomorrow.
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| Our Sculpture at the beach |
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