Sealions and lots of weather

18th March 2011

Here we are touring the Catlins coast. It’s a good place for wildlife, and we’ve already seen Hooker’s sealions on the beach at Waipapa Point. You could walk right up to them, but the advice is to give them 30 metres clearance and we felt wise to obey. The big

bull looked like he could have rolled a car over, and of course these are fierce predators.

We found our accommodation early in the afternoon, good decision as almost everything was fully booked and we were lucky to get this cosy little self-catering cottage by the shore. However, the weather has set in properly now. The rain is lashing down obliquely, the trees are bowed over and shivering, and there’s a heron outside the window who is trying to walk in a straight line but keeps being blown sideways.

We may stay in this evening. We have hot chocolate.

Update: the weather has become if anything worse. Why, it’s almost a bank holiday weekend in Wales out there! ; )

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