Early start for a very easy drive to Kaikoura on the East coast. Millions of vines and no traffic. Took approx 2 hours and these were the views that greeted us –
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Who put this up a very tall tree –
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A whale bone archway –
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Then off on our albatross excursion for the afternoon –
Pulled into the sea by a tractor –
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They stop every so often and feed the birds with fish liver to attract them in –
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And it sometimes gets a little violent –
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Wandering albatross coming into land –
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Here’s a Giant Petrel –
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And a Cape Pigeon –
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Here comes my favourite Salvin’s Mollymawk –
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What a beauty –
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This scree on the mountainside depicts a very true resemblance to an owl –
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A lovely Cape Pigeon –
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This fur seal in-the Bay –
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And this one feels as sick as I did on the water hence not a lot of photos –
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Not often you see a gannet on the water –
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The aim of the day was to see the albatrosses and we had a good time –
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