On An Idyllic Day

…on an idyllic beach…IMG_6858IMG_6850…sealions…IMG_6855

…sealions…IMG_6853…variable oyster catchers….IMG_6847…sealions…IMG_6842IMG_6846IMG_6845…and a bloody unpleasant climb up & out….IMG_6857

…(only 30% of very steep sand dune shown…good friend Dee included for scale….with kind permission from good friend Dee)….

 

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…).

Changing The Channel

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…you tube Shortland Street.

 

…(for some reason I got bored with the news reader guy and started to change the channel…the student publication this was running in had a set number of issues each year…maybe I didn’t have enough ideas to finish the year off…can’t remember!).

Tracks And Sign

…resident large male sealion heading for the dunes…IMG_6754

….black swans could use more roughage….IMG_6769

….have dubbed the above “swan cigars” amid much giggling & pointing at bird poop….sigh.

 

…(extra post today because I missed yesterday…not busy just a dose  of spring man flu…ill enough to forget to eat my lunch…which I didn’t discover till I went to make my lunch this morning only to discover…sandwiches!)….