So apparently its winter. Well that's what we have been told, but today has been absolutely gorgeous. The sun has shone, the sky has been bright blue and the views have once again been crisp clear. Now our kiwi friends complain that 'its cold' but we are certainly doing well so far considering it is officially winter.
It reached 14 degrees today and yes if you were in the shade and those southerly breeze hit then you did feel the chill, but this compared to a British winter, and autumn, erm and spring....well, there is no comparison!!
So we made the most (as always) of the lovely day and headed off for a walk. For a while now we had been wanting to visit the Island Bay Marine Education Centre, and as we knew that today they had an open day we thought it was an ideal time to visit.
We took a fantastic stroll from Owhiro Bay all along the coast and into Island Bay (which is really only a 10 minute walk but with Bethany in tow, probably more 30!). Again the views to the Kaikoura mountains were awesome and Island Bay beach was beautiful.
With so much to look forward to Bethany couldn't wait to get there and started giving us flash backs to our own childhoods by asking 'are we there yet?!'.
The Marine Centre is situated right on the ocean edge and was just lovely, not as busy as we thought and jam packed with the most interesting and amazing sea creatures. The absolute best part thought were the 'rock pools' where you could actually pick up anything you see!
It was amazing to see so much and get 'hands on'. Bethany was quite brave and held the above scary looking creature for quite some time, asking why this and why that! We must have gone round at least 5 times re-looking at everything! Afterwards we took a lovely walk back along the coast and as promised a stop off at the play area for Bethany!
We spent a lot of time down on the beach today, Michael doesn't get to spend as much time as us at the beach so its always good to go as a family and enjoy being spoilt in our wonderful new life. We all love the ocean so much, listening to the waves crashing is definitely the easiest way to unwind.
We of course know that the weather will change, we arrived to start our new life in September and I can distincly remember saying 'I didnt sign up for this!' as the weather was harsh. Especially more so in our house which is perched on a hill side in the valley where the Cook Strait wind is a mean force.But for now we are not complaining of what seems so far like 8 months of summer to us!!
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