After we drove for a long way. We had two options, relax a day or start driving. We knew we had a long drive ahead of us so we opted for a day of rest and then a long drive. We don't mind the driving too much. The scenery is amazing wherever you go. We arrived in a rainy Dunedin. I really wanted to see the penguins on the Otago Peninsula but it was such a long drive. We decided instead to drive some more (we already drove for like 6hrs.) to Omaru. We heard there was another penguin colony there of Blue Penguins. The arrived at the viewing place and bought tickets for the night time viewing. We got there at 8:15. We sat in stadium seats and had a whole commentary as the penguins came back from the sea to their nesting boxes. As they came up they were greeted by a fur seal. There were also about 8 rabbits hopping around by there homes. Blue Penguins are the smallest penguins in the world...about the height of a ruler at most. Some were in the process of molting (loosing all their feathers to get new ones). They have to get really fat for this process because they can't go back into the water for weeks. We saw some that were so big that they could hardly move...but soooo cute. They are also the most fierce of all penguins. They reminded me of grandma's dog Emmy! They had a loud high pitch noise. During the viewing we couldn't take pictures and had to stay still. It was there natural environment. It was cool to see them so close but not in a zoo or park. We were talking to a guy that worked there and a lady came up to him and said a penguin was stuck under her car. We came to watch him get it out. We tried to make loud noise to move it and finally he had to pick it up to move it. We got to see it so close up!
Yay for penguins!
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