Thursday 20 September 2018

Number 65: Walking the Wild South Coast, Wellington

Planning is weather dependent in Wellington. Today was a perfect spring day and what better to plan than a magnificent walk on the wild side far away from the crowds along Oriental Bay.

Number 65:
Walking the Wild South Coast, Wellington.

Our destination was Owhiro Bay to walk the wild and spectacular coastal road to the well-known Red Rocks and then further along to the  seal haul-out at Sinclair Head, to see the huge male New Zealand Fur Seals. 
A new path for Fred and I here in Wellington and a keeper. The snow-capped mountains of the South Island gleamed across Cook Strait creating a quite surreal landscape amid the huge deep blue skies, the black beaches with bleached debris and a calm sea!

Wellington's South Coast, heading out from Owhiro Bay towards the Red Rocks.

The tin red Red Rocks with the snow-capped mountains of South Island across the Cook Strait.

Red, green, purple and grey. Intriguing and complex geology at play, Too much to grapple with so I just enjoyed the scene.

The good life!