Our ongoing quest for the wild sighting the penguin took us
to the small town of Moeraki. Moeraki is
a sleepy little coastal village on the eastern coast of New Zealand. It is south of Christchurch and north of
Dunedin. The town itself reminded me of
a smaller Manzanita, Oregon. Oddly, no
real estate was purchased during our 24 hour stay in Moeraki. The surrounding country reminded me of Bandon
which lead to an argument with Margaret and the boys as to whether they had
been to Bandon. I said yes and they said
that it must have been my other family.
Moeraki seems to be known for two things: the Moeraki boulders and yellow-eyed
penguins.
I have never seen anything quite like the boulders. I’ll let you read up on said boulders on Wikipedia if
you are interested as opposed to me expertising on the topic.
The yellow-eyed penguins were successfully checked off the
list as well. Apparently, they are the
rarest and most endangered penguins in the world. Once again, back to Wikipedia for those you looking for extra credit. They picked a nice place to live on the point near the lighthouse. It was a beautiful area shared with a big
colony of fur seals.
The most spherical of the Moeraki boulders now slightly
oblong under the weight of the Morton boys…
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Yellow-eyed penguins in their natural territory. It is apparently molting season...
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The invasive species of brown-eyed and blue-eyed tourists….
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