We were also privileged in Invercargill to get up close and personal to the tuatara in the fantastic captive breeding program they have running. As Sandy, my employer, was involved in the veterinary work there she was good enough to pull some strings and get us behind the locked doors. Henry, pictured above, is probably the most famous breeding tuatara, and is thought to be over 110 years old!
This cheeky chap wasn't too keen on sitting on my shoulder:
And some precious eggs from the incubator:
We finished off our visit to Invercargill with a trip to Oreti beach at sunset. The hard-packed sand allows you to drive straight out onto the beach (the road just ends on the beach with nowhere else to park anyway!):
As mentioned, Burt Munro used it as his testing track for his land speed record bike, and you can see why! Sadly the beach has a 15km/h limit now, so no attempts today!
Beautiful sunset for our final day:
And Stewart Island in the distance...
2 comments:
Wow, that IS an amazing sunset. Awesome photos, are you glad to be home again?
Hi! Yep, it's great to be home again (-:
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