We had anchored that night in North Arm. And early the next morning five of us set off on a hike. It was only 6km or so – but took ages as the track frequently died. Well, track is a bit of an overstatement really. It was just a series of plastic tags (mostly not the orange reflectors) running off into the bush, which we followed in the hope that they were going the right way!
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At 11am ish we stopped for lunch on the beach. Again we saw kiwi prints in the sand.. They are about – just don’t like coming out in the day light.
And I’m afraid that’s all I can show you of a kiwi! We did see one as we tramped on to meet the others in Chew Tobacco Bay but he was way to quick to photo. Funniest looking creature though – they run as if they’re permanently about to topple over forwards…
Back to the pub again in the evening. I headed off after posting some postcards, and went to the DOC info centre and watched a video on kiwis. They’re actually pretty vicious little creatures – and extremely territorial.. Still, a good way to round out my first (and maybe last) day of seeing a kiwi in the daylight in the wild. Great.
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