Palliser

... , if nothing special. The atmosphere was spare but pleasant. Post-lunch we backtracked the few kilometres to the turnoff for Cape Palliser and continued down the road. (From Lake Ferry itself there is also a metal (i.e., gravel) road that shaves a ...

... were off swimming in the sea! Apparently, August is a good time to go as then there are baby seals about. We left Cape Palliser and went to the Putangirua Pinnacles, which were on the way back, not far from the Cape. The pinnacles lie in the Aorangi ...

Southern point of North Island - Seals, light house and the ...

... observing the seals for a while, and the guys climbing some big rocks, we took a quick drive down the road to the Cape Palliser Light House. There was a staircase that led up to its base that we climbed, 250 steps and VERY steep!, but the view from the ...

... .  In Oamaru we’d been between 200m to 300m away.  Just north of Kaikoura, it was more like 50m.  At Cape Palliser you could get as close as you wanted (in theory), but it was recommended that you kept a to a minimum of no less than ...

To cure our Martinborough hangovers, we thought it would be a good idea to head to the sea, and it was a great decision. Cape Palliser is absolutely breathtaking. Heading to the Cape we stopped on the way to check out the only seal colony on North Island. ...