Today we took the ferry to Stewart Island - a wild one hour trip with the spray from the waves higher than the boat! We walked for 6 and 1/2 hours, firstly to this beach...
then into the township of Oban where we had coffee, then did a loop walk to the ferry wharf for Ulva Island which is a predator free island full of birds.
It was amazing - here Malcolm befriends some weka, then...
...we saw a kiwi!!!! Normally they are nocturnal but the Ulva Island ones aren't. We watched it for about 15 mins before moving on.
What a beak!!
We saw parakeets...
...Stewart Island Robins. Also saddleback, bellbird, grey warbler, tui, kaka and probably others. Most of our photos of these are out of focus - the birds move so fast! back at the ferry terminus we had to wait for 2 hours to get home as the boat had broken down. Lovely sunny evening so not too much hardship. This trip was worth the days of rain and cold. A real highlight of our wanderings.
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