I was so excited when G said we might have the opportunity to see some seals and penguins during the South island trip. By ‘might have’, he meant that we were supposed to go find them in the wild, and there was no guarantee that we would find one because these creatures are rare. But we tried anyway.
Waipapa Point was our first attempt, only 20km from the southernmost point of NZ’s South island. After a short drive down the gravel road, we arrived at an old lighthouse overlooking the Steward island. The site board read “you may be lucky enough to meet seals”, but we kept our expectations low. It was rainy and grey. The tower was closed, and there wasn’t much else to see there other than some information on the tragic shipwreck and the sad life of lighthouse keepers. So we followed a narrow dirt road towards the shore north…
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