Well, well, whale. What a day we have had . Selected this photo from many we have taken today. Not sure if it's any good. May be just a fluke shot! Amongst the best 3 hours we have ever spent. Two sperm whales, two types of albatross, Wandering and Royal Southern, maybe 200 or so dusky dolphins and petrels on a clear and cloudless sky. For those of you struggling to work out the picture, the blue stuff at the top is the sky and the blue stuff at the bottom is the...

Good start to today. Sat on a bench at the beach, having breakfast and watching dolphins leaping in the bay. What could be better? Alerted to their presence by 15 noisy primary aged kids screaming that they had 'seen a whale'! Drove down the coast a little, saw some more dolphins and fur seals but decided to come back and do some walking. Spent a little over 3 hours walking the peninsula. Some woodland, open fields and beach walking. Deserved a beer after that, ...

After breakfast this morning we went into Blenheim for a look around. Pretty much the same as any town, shops, museum and art gallery. Left At around 10 and headed south towards Kaikoura. Stopped along the way and photographed some more fur seals except these ones had pups. Probably got a little too close as we disturbed them. Got some great shots though! Moving on we came across a couple of roadside stalls selling freshly cooked crayfish. Too good to miss so we...

Picture is us enjoying our meal at the Boat Shed Cafe last evening. Lazy start this morning, set off at 10 and drove to Havelock to see if it was the mussel capital of NZ. When we got there it said they were the mussel capital of the world. Self proclaimed no doubt so we had to put it to the test. A bit early for lunch when we arrived so we set off to walk up an appetite. Lovely marina and museum and by coincidence we arrived at the Mussel Pot just as lunch was a...

Won't talk about the weather here, nothing new to say. Had a lazy start and left here to travel up the coast, north west, to Abel Tasman. Very winding road so didn't go too far, just about 120 km or so. Beautiful scenery. Stopped for lunch just outside Takaka, by the beach as you can see. Rude of Yvonne & Yakov to start without me don't you think. Came back to the same site as last night and booked our whale watching trip for Thurs around midday. Don't worry,...