Moeraki Boulders

Out at Moeraki there are some bizarre boulders that you can reach at low tide. There are both Maori mystical explanations and scientific ones to describe why they are there and their origin. But when you see them you just think.....how weird!

 Typical Stuart..........

There are so many of them dotted along the shoreline, and even more in pieces, showing you the heart of them.

A bit bizarre, but beautiful at that early time in the morning.

We had been told about a 'world famous' restaurant out here called Fleurs Place, so thought why not give it a shot for lunch. When we turned up we drove right past it at first. It looks like an old boat shed, not what we were expecting.

But once inside, the food was beautiful. I had scallops in mushroom, bacon and cream sauce with bread, mmmmmmmmmm. Stuart had blue cod wings with plum sauce, something I have never seen before, but is such a smart idea.

After indulging ourselves, we went out to see more penguins, this time it was yellow eyed, and viewed from a DOC hide giving us shelter from the rain.

A couple of hours before dark, the penguins start to come ashore to their nests in the bay.

A bit of penguin overload the past few days, but you know how much I love penguins (especially the penguin parade at Edinburgh Zoo!), so I'm happy.