On Friday, we had the day off work to observe Anzac Day, which marks the involvement of New Zealand and Australian soldiers at Gallipoli in World War One. We took a drive up the coast to Moeraki, where a bunch of strange spherical boulders sit on the beach. They're pretty weird.
On the way home we stopped at a place on the coast where fur seals and penguins get together. We've been here for a while but we haven't seen a single penguin yet. Finally, after sitting quietly for a while, we saw a solitary little yellow-eyed penguin, or a Hoiho, walk out of the breaking surf and hop two-footed from rock to rock onto the beach. Cute little endangered fella.A guy I work with says he picked one up once. That's probably why they're endangered. This one looked pretty healthy, but we didn't get close enough to pick him up. Not this time, at least. (ck)
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