Getting personal with New Zealand Fur Seals near Kaikoura, New Zealand.
Seal Snarl at Kaikoura, New Zealand
Seeing New Zealand fur seals at Kaikoura, New Zealand Wild creatures grouping together is really cool. Wild creatures grouping together and not caring that you’re there, and in fact threatening you if you come closer, is super cool. It really…
Pancake Rocks and Blowholes
A visit to the pancake rocks and blowholes at Punakaiki, New Zealand.
New Zealand Fur Seals at Cape Foulwind
We thought it might be called Cape Foulwind because perhaps the rotting fish in the bellies of the seals would give off some kind of stench. What we learned is that it’s called Cape Foulwind because Captain Cook and his…
First Fur Seal Sighting North of Kaikoura, New Zealand
Seeing our first wild fur seals ever (in our lifetimes) has Carrie and me thinking that we need to spend more time in New Zealand. These seals are pretty much year-round occupants of a rocky beach just two and a…