A Canterbury Cat cruise around Akaroa provided opportunities to observe Hector's Dolphins, plus a solitary White Flippered Little Blue Penguin.
In this photograph, Netty, Debs, Tom and Kirsten are all looking for a shag up a cliff.

Phespirit's appallingly limited diet reduces him to hunting fish 'n' chip shops wherever he goes in the world.
In Akaroa he found this one.
The hoki was delicious.

Phespirit makes himself comfortable atop a post on Conical Hill, Hanmer Springs.
A breathtaking view if only the gentleman in the orange shirt were not in the way.
