the chicks in the evening. As we’d had a bit of a lie in, we figured we’d missed them, so we went down to the beach to meet the sleeping fur seals instead. We saw around half a dozen of them relaxing on the rocks from pretty close quarters!! The beach where they were was another little blue penguin beach, like in Phillip Island in Australia, but there was a sign saying that the season for them was over. Boohoo! There was the chance of spotting the larger and endangered yellow eyed penguins though, so we didn’t give up hope!! Next we headed off to the other side of the peninsular for a walk around a headland to see “The Chasm” and “Lovers Leap”. These were both huge inlets in the cliffs with viewing areas and the wild and windy weather just added to their grandeur. The drive over the peninsular was pretty cool as well, along a road which was so close to the ocean that we were hoping that the tide was in all the way!! Sandfly bay was nearby, with possible sightings of penguins coming ashore.

The walk down to the beach was down a very steep slope of equally soft sand, we weren’t looking forward to climbing back up!! Once again we encountered the huge piles of seaweed, but as we approached one we heard a grunt and saw a tiny movement, and to our astonishment there was an enormous sea lion hiding in it!! We’d read notices warning to keep at least 10 meters away from them as they are not scared and can move very quickly over short distances. As we must have been within 5 meters we made a very hasty retreat! There were a few of these huge beasts hiding in the seaweed, along with more fur seals, but the highlight was found at the end of the beach. As we approached the cliffs a small child came running up to us and with a big beaming face said “There’s a penguin over there!!!” Sure enough, basking in the sun at the bottom of the cliff stood a single yellow eyed penguin!! We were a little early to see any of them coming back after a day’s fishing though, but to be honest were really