Moeraki Boulders
I struck out on my own with a rental car for another round-trip of the South Island, to catch some stuff I didn't get to see with my parents, like the Moeraki Boulders, between Timaru and Dunedin
December 6, 2004

01-OamaruCountryside Countryside near Oamaru 02-OamaruCountryside Oamaru countryside 03-Coast Coast near Oamaru 04-CoastalRoad Coastal road 05-WavingGrass Grass waving in the wind 06-Beach Beach on the east coast of the South Island, south of Oamaru 07-MoerakiBeach Moeraki Beach, near the town of Moeraki 08-BouldersSign A sign with information about the Moeraki Boulders 09-Driftwood Driftwood 10-Driftwood-Beach Driftwood 11-MoerakiBoulders Moeraki Boulders 12-Boulder One of the Moeraki Boulders ... there are about 40 of these on Moeraki Beach, most of them nearly spherical, they look like some giant's marbles ... they're very odd, but cool 13-BrokenBoulders Some of the boulders have split open, revealing a make-up not unlike a turtle-shell pattern 14-MoerakiBoulders Moeraki Boulders 15-TurtleShellBoulder Turtle Shell Boulder 16-Surface Close-up of the surface 17-MoerakiBoulders Moeraki Boulders 18-LobedBoulder Another couple of the Moeraki Boulders had split open into lobes like this one 19-MoerakiBoulders Moeraki Boulders 20-Jared-MoerakiBoulders Me at the Moeraki Boulders 21-Jared-MoerakiBoulders Atop the Moeraki Boulders 22-MoerakiBoulders Moeraki Boulders 23-BrokenBoulders Broken Boulders 24-MoerakiBoulders Moeraki Boulders 25-Detail Detail of one of the Moeraki Boulders 26-Boulders Moeraki Boulders 27-MoerakiBoulders Moeraki Boulders 28-Jared-MoerakiBoulders Me at the Moeraki Boulders 29-Driftwood Driftwood 30-CrackedBoulders Cracked Moeraki Boulders 31-MoerakiBoulders Moeraki Boulders 32-RedDeer Red deer 33-MangyDeer An incredibly mangy deer at the Moeraki Boulders park