have just spent two days on the otargo peninsular. camping in an official campsite - had to get there by bus. Visited the aquarium, did you know that octopus can get through cracks the size of their eye?. There are a lot of deep canyons off the coast. Then in afternoon went for a walk, or as they call it in nz tramping. Walked over to the other side of the peninsular, around a lagoon, up a hill to a sea lookout point - then 40Min's down through sand dunes to sandfly bay (in other words a lot further than i had intended). However by the time i reached the bay it was after 6pm and penguins were returning home- this time to a sandy shore they made their way right up into the sand dunes. there were also a family of sea lions. Returned up beach by easier and more formal route only to meet anne-marie and the Irishman (whose name i can not spell) coming down laden with their cooking gear - including stove made from old coca cola tin, after that they were in for a bit of illicit wild camping!(now very much an item).(added 28th feb -now not an item met a dejected Irishman in the wholefood shop stocking up on supplies before heading up to Alexandria to pick apples with no Ann-marie) I looked pitiful at the car park and got a lift back to my campsite and hot shower.
Yesterday went up to the nature reserve at the top of the peninsular home of an albatross colony - saw some big birds! have now returned to Dunedin, and visited the farmers market. Dunedin is a very vibrant city the university had recently restarted for the year and the place feels very alive. However i also have sandfly bites all down my legs - did not notice them at the time but walking down through dunes with bare legs to a place called sandfly bay? - only myself to blame.
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