Jan 29 - 30 Nelson to Kaikoura

Paul with one of his composters made from mussel farm floats found littering the beaches. The farms have claimed in court that people finding and using these are stealing, but the court countered that the farms are in fact littering and have no recourse. It may pend in upper courts for years, and end up in England on the Queen's desk. Stay tuned.

Havelockis the green mussel capital of the world, tucked into the base of a long tidal cove, halfway between Nelson and Picton.

This little guy was busy with a nest in the roof of the train station. The train was an hour late, so we had plenty of time to get acquainted.

During our 24 hours in Kaikoura, we saw sunshine, and we saw rain: sometimes at the same time, here on our morning walk over the cliffs to the south side of the peninsula.

After desending the northern slope back to town we and this cormorant (the only webbed-foot bird to sit in trees) air our wings.