Sand Circles

Muriwai Sky

Puddle

Dune Life

Precarious Pohutukawa

Shell Spiral

Cone Shell

Blue Shell

Brown Shell

Wormholes

Fish out of water

Speed Limit

Treeline

Surf and Sky

Good Morning Muriwai

Floating above the flax

Starfish

Tern Tantrum

At Muriwai, last weekend, we happened across this mother tern and tern chick. I suspect that mother tern had banned baby tern from going out on its own.



After some very bad-tempered squawking, the chick stalked off, striking a blow for independence.

Can you tell what it is yet?

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Moody Muriwai

The rocks in the foreground are black volcanic rock - but they're also covered in tiny mussel shells, making them jet black.