Kiwi-spotting last night was a huge success. It was a lovely night (though a little chilly). The sunset on the boat ride out to the spotting site was wonderful, and we also saw albatrosses flying and landing by the boat. Once at the secluded beach the guy uses as his spotting place - there are three breeding pairs there - we got ferried ashore in a motor boat and then followed him through the bush in the dark with torches. All great fun. We saw one kiwi in the bush and then two on the beach; the ones on the beach were better because we were all able to fan out and watch them for a while in the single light of the guide's torch. So glad I managed to do the trip!
Today I've mainly driven to Fiordland; am staying near Manapouri. It's sunny and very very windy - stopped at a lookout point en route and couldn't keep the car door open, it was so windy! Hopefully tomorrow and Friday I'll be kayaking Doubtful Sound, so won't be updating until Saturday from Queenstown.
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