Saturday- after getting up fairly early we went to seethe world's rarest kiwi - the rowi. There is a breeding programme in franz Josef, as this area is only place that this kiwi is found. We saw some 2 month old kiwis in a pretend habitat, where they will stay until they are 1 kilo, then released to a predator free island until they grow too big to be eaten by stoats. Kiwi are bigger than we expected - about the size of a large hen! We then decided to drive up t...

Friday - we left Westport, Carters beach this morning to low cloud and drizzle that persisted all day. The original plan had been to meander down the coast to Greymouth but we decided to go further as the rain curtailed our activities for the day. We started off at the seal colony just down the road from the campsite where we saw New Zealand fur seals on the rocks. The babies aren't white like the ones we get at Donna nook, but chocolate brown - still cute though...