From the mountains it was only a 3 hour drive to the east coast. We went to the seaside town of Moeraki, famous for its giant spherical boulders on the beach. There is a well publicised group of boulders that always has a crowd of tourists, but thanks to the NZ Frenzy book, we also know about a less-known group of boulders a couple km's away at Shag Point. There was no-one else there when we visited. One of the boulders resembles a hot tub and is filled with sea water.
An interesting fact is that one of these boulders was excavated and an entire dinosaur skeleton was found inside- it is on display several km's south at the Otago museum, and very impressive! Of course, the only reason we know all this is because of the NZ Frenzy guide, we love that book!
Moeraki is an amazing place, it has a lot going on- apart from the boulders there is also penguins at the lighthouse, and good fishing- I caught my first delicious blue cod in one of the bays.
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