Meoraki Boulders and other Unusual Things

I’m always amazed by what mother nature has to offer and what a crazy natural world we live in. I love the random, but completely natural, Giants Causeway in Ireland. The Morekai Boulders also fit into that category. They are large round rocks hanging about on this random beach on the east coast of NZ. They are all spherical although you can see that most are now partially buried. 

In Dunedin we went to the Orokunui Ecosanctuary - a lovely place with hundreds of native plants and birds. It took us an hour or two to walk through and it was delightful to hear all the amazing bird sounds that I’ve never heard before.  We saw lots Kaka (parrots) and others as well as the rare Takehe:

They were thought to be extinct until rediscovered in 1948. Still only about 500 in existence.

Just like the Giants Causeway there is an area here made up of those same hexagonal columns called 'The Organ Pipes'.  When I saw it on the map I thought it was something we had to see. Unfortunately it involved a climb not unlike the one at Mt Cook - hundreds of stairs about 1 km straight up and when we got there it looked like the 'organ' had suffered a massive earthquake and all the 'pipes' were in a big heap. There was a nice view though.

Onward to Queenstown and a stop at the famous Kawarau Gorge Suspension Bridge where we could watch this craziness:

This was the spot for the world’s first bungy jumping and the gorge is beautiful. They had a steady flow of participants (at $320 a pop) but it'a definite NO for me.

Queenstown has a place where you can indoor skydive - tunnel flying- and it’s open for viewing. It looks pretty fun and a lot safer than the bunjy!

Possibly a maybe!