Red Rocks Coastal Walk
Trip Start
Aug 13, 2007
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Trip End
Dec 31, 2008
Wellington,
North Island,
New Zealand
Saturday, August 2, 2008
We've done this walk before, but this time we had a much better camera to get some decent seal pictures.It's about 8km and follows the coastline from Owhiro Bay, past the old Owhiro Bay Quarry and Red Rocks, to Sinclair Head.
On the way, we encountered a couple of water hazards...these require ability to balance, and jump! These weren't present last time, but due to the recent storms the water was fast flowing from inland in a few places.
The other thing we discovered, which I'd forgotten from last time is that in some places the coastline is very unsheltered, and when the wind blows, it picks up the sand and throws it at you! We were lucky, this only happened a couple of times!
For those people that don't like the sound of a windy walk, there is a tour you can take that encorporates a visit to the seal colony, called Seal Coast Safari. We've not been on it though so can't give any indication as to whether it's any good or not.
On the way back the weather had clouded over and was threatening to rain. It did make me wonder why people would just be starting out on the walk. At least when we started the weather was fantastic, but as we were heading back towards the car, we saw several groups of people all setting out to see the seals.
