Nugget Point

After getting an extra hour of sleep because, after all, it is fall down here, we drove and walked to the lighthouse at Nugget Point.  There we viewed some fur seals, from high above, and checked out the "hide" we returned to later in the evening to observe the penguins. The "hide" is a small concrete shed with even smaller windows for observing wildlife.

I was totally mesmerized by the large outcroppings and the ocean lapping up on them. It was one of those moments I rarely get, when I feel I could stay in one place all day, and just listen to the waves and feel the sea breeze. 

After we ate our picnic lunch, we took a tour of the countryside and went to the next town, Owaka, as the weather turned out to be spectacular. We found a particularly unusual public toilet, where local students showed what positive art could accomplish. Tracy was enthralled by the local woman's teapot garden.

Seals from on high

Light house

Kelp in channels

Looking up the coast

Mesmerizing outcroppings 

The hide

Bathroom graffiti 

Teapot garden

Rolling hills

Horses on the beach