At break of day (ok 11am) we headed to Pukekura (red hill) to the Royal Albatross Centre.
Hania’s patented egg-cups.
The guided tour was well worth the money – which also helps fund the centre.
There were four chicks in residence. While we watched a male parent landed and fed one of the chicks.
Distant birds are hard to capture with an iPhone but we tried.
After lunch at the centre I decided I wanted to see penguins so we headed to Sandymount from where there is a track to Sandfly Bay. Our centre guide had said maybe we could see some there.
I first took the alleged 500m walk to the viewpoint (couldn’t see much for the flax) and then decided 4K down to the beach and back was too much.
