Off we went following the coast road.

The next house on the right was a real treat.

A fun fence decorated with wheel trims, a nice little house.

None other than Oscar’s xx xx

Oscar’s views up and down the coast and his next door neighbour.

Odd garden gnomes in these parts.

We had a lovely bimble at Nugget Point.

Back the way we came passing Mable’s place on the far point.

Passing this tiny ‘village’ was our unscheduled stop at Cannibal Bay.

Bear was very taken with this tree growing in its own playpen, but now both deceased.

After our picturesque bimble on the beach at Cannibal Bay, we followed the road and stopped at Hina Hina Island Reserve when Bear saw a couple of big, white, interesting looking chaps, that need a closer look. Now as you know dear reader, in the past this has meant paper bags, interesting leaves and all manner of flotsam and jetsam, I looked up from blog writing with an air of............. Spoonies ??? I hoped and sure enough my able bodied spotting associate had come up trumps. I had asked if any were around when we were at the Albatross Centre and had been told “not at this time of year.”

We sat and watched them scruffing around in the the outward flow. With their heads down, they look unremarkable and like so many other birds of a similar size, but..... when they lift their heads spoonbills look so unique. Was it too much to hope they would take off. I actually thought so and put the camera down.