Tag: penguins

Curio Bay – Yellow-eyed Penguins

We had to skip Cathedral Caves, as this beautiful rock tunnel is only accessible at low tides, which we missed for that day, so we drove further to a campground at Curio Bay / Porpoise Bay. Sometimes, dolphins can be seen from here (missed them, though), a petrified forest and with some luck, yellow-eyed penguins. About an hour before sunset three penguins returned from the sea. This time, taking pictures was allowed. Check.

Petrified forest – penguins come here, too.

Oamaru – Steampunk and Blue Penguins

We took the nice scenic route till Oamaru, a picturesque town known as the Steampunk Capital.

Steampunk HQ

After dinner we watched little blue penguins returning from their hunt on sea. Unfortunately, filming was not allowed.

Little blue penguins – my illegal photo, taken via spyglass

But on the way back to our campground, we saw even more of those cute little fellas coming back to their nests. One nest was even within our campground.

Little blue penguin within our campground!