peninsula penguins

Next stop: Dunedin. We drove out along the Otago Peninsula in better weather than I’d had back in October. We stopped at the Albatross center then went down the hill to the beach to see the seals. It’s also a blue penguin colony, but we didn’t think we’d see them since it was the wrong time of day. A family nicely pointed out an easily-viewed burrow, though, and we got to see two of the little guys snuggled up in there. We saw some seals, too – might not have noticed them either, except one of them was making some noise. Ann was fascinated by their acrobatic efforts to scratch themselves.

Afterwards, we stocked up on some more essentials – an iPod car cable, some more kitchen/camp stuff, groceries, extra butane for the stove, and an impractical (for camping) but cute shirt for me – and then visited Baldwin Street for my third time and Ann’s first. This meant she walked up it, while I waited in the car J