Back out onto the the nail-biting roads, we wound around and descended back into the lowlands.
Even on the low road out to the wildlife sanctuary, it's quite narrow and winding. In fact, it's built ON a retaining wall that was built out of the water to hug the hillside.
This lime kiln sits just on the side of the road, it's fires long since out.
This fire is still burning. Or at least it's modern bulbed cousin is.
We disturbed this person from his nap. He told us what he thought about that. It might have made us jump and squeal.
One of the things on Jeremy's bucket list was to get to see an Albatross. This is actually a slightly smaller Albatross called a Mollymawk, though we did get some incredible views of the Royal Albatross that nest on the peninsula. The nesting ground on the Otago Peninsula is the only one on the mainland. Other than that one, they exclusively nest in colonies on off shore islands.
Now. Please note the road in this pic. You've got about 1 foot of shoulder in any given place before you go off the side. I had my fair share of tummy butterflies on this drive.
But my goodness, it's worth it.
There are sweeping views of the entire area.
I was hoping that's what he was going for...
and not this.
The kids were trying desperately to make friends.
Every time you post, I think about what an amazing experience you all are having. It's so beautiful! Soak it in!
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