{"id":920,"date":"2022-03-17T18:23:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T06:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonesnz.com\/?p=920"},"modified":"2022-03-17T18:23:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T06:23:50","slug":"south-again-day-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonesnz.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/17\/south-again-day-16\/","title":{"rendered":"South Again – Day 16"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At break of day (ok 11am) we headed to Pukekura (red hill) to the Royal Albatross Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hania\u2019s patented egg-cups.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The guided tour was well worth the money – which also helps fund the centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were four chicks in residence. While we watched a male parent landed and fed one of the chicks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Distant birds are hard to capture with an iPhone but we tried.
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      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\u2019t see much for the flax) and then decided 4K down to the beach and back was too much.
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        Sandfly Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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