Cape Farewell - Wharariki Beach

Well Franky summed up this area perfectly when she said "awesome place". It just has something unusual at every turn and walking up Pillar Point to get a pic of the lighthouse was a great place on a rather poor day weatherwise. There are concrete foundations that were for a radar station in the Second World War. The lighthouse itself is no great shakes but I give it a 5 for trying to preserve "the look".

From up there you can look west to Cape Farewell....

Or east to the Farewell Spit. Being a windy day you can see the sandblasting going on in this pic - well I can anyway (heh heh). As with much of the birdy places these days, DOC won't let you into this area (the Spit) without a permit.

Just around the corner a mile or so from here is Wharariki Beach - now this place is special too, not least for the sand dunes. Also has caves and seastack/er um, islands with holes in them. Was really windy but alas, no slopes suited to flying. They either faced the wrong way or were turbulated by ground in front. So I just indulged in some photography...

And then at the end of the day, back at the Park Over Property is was staying at I got a sunset that I couldn't resist....