South to Stewart Island!

I bet your wondering what this is... Its a fossilized tree trunk that fell at least 20,000 million years ago.

Here we are Lee, Rachael and Lisa at the most southerly point on the South Island. The weather was more like the Antarctic with the rain and wind (shown here with the lack of grass that probably blew away).

Guess where we are here! Yep the Brown trout capital of the world!!!!!! Not surprising if this is the size of the fish here!


This Buller's mollymawk was perfectly at home in the air. We hadn't seen one before but got great views on our fishing trip at Stewart Island.

Rachael with a beautiful Scarlet wrasse. There were only a few caught on this trip. Rachael also caught Blue cod and Spiny dogfish.

Lee with his Blue cod. This was the main fish caught on the trip and the best eating to our delight. Not sure what we are going to do with the 6 meals of fish we got off this trip.

With 20,000 Southern Totoeka (Brown Kiwi) on Stewart Island you would expect to see loads although this is not the case. The best and easiest way to find one is to go on a tour to see them feeding on the beach.

Before we get complaints about the quality of this picture, please spare a thought for how difficult it is to take a picture in the dark with no flash.