Feb 2nd: A dry day but the temperature swung from nice and warm to a little cool, 28 degrees in the morning, 15 degrees by teatime. All the schools in New Zealand started their new school year today, but we started week 5 of our schooling. We dragged ourselves through some english, maths and science but were glad to be finished at lunchtime. Steve doesn't work Mondays so he's been to the supermarket and postshop for us. In the afternoon we all went fishing at Waihao (pronounced why-ho, and means short fin eel water) Box, where the Waihao River meets the ocean. This is 14kms from Waimate, going east. This is my first time fishing. Those of you that know me well are probably laughing out loud at the idea of me going fishing. I did think of taking my knitting to pass the time! Anyway I had a go, and we all caught a few pan-sized yellow-eyed mullet without any difficulty at all. Steve is gutting them while I type this and we'll have them for tea tomorrow.
The photo is of the coast at Waihao. It's a long coast of steeply-shelving shingle that is constantly shifting and the sea is too rough to be able to swim in it. The photo doesn't really show how steeply the shingle drops, but it does show you just how empty New Zealand is! If you want to look on google maps for where this is taken, put in Byrnes Road, Studholme and find at the end of this road where the river breaks through to the sea. We always collect flat stones on the beach to paint and often find skeletons. Today we found two fish skeletons and the dessicated head of a shark! Nice! The boys thought maybe they could put them under their bed with all the other things they "womble" when we're out and about. Can you imagine the smell???
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