We're still at Kaikoura

This is our home for our time here. Me and Rachael are in the tent to the right of Laura and Gio has the 5 star accommodation in the van. We've got a quiet corner near the river where the ducks and Red billed gulls come to beg for food.

It's hard work being a Pied Shag. After about half an hour fishing this bird came ashore in the evening light and dried off before flying to its roosting tree.

New Zealand Fur Seals are quite common here and don't really mind you coming within 10m of them. They are very laid back and use to tourists and you can go on special trips to swim with them in their natural environment.

Dusky Dolphin!!!! Rachael managed to get this shot out of the mass of 200+ dolphins surfacing all around her. They feed in a deep trench that runs near Kaikoura. This is the best place in the world where they come so close to land, though only in the Southern Hemisphere.