On Saturday we had to leave the Christchurch students to drive back down the east coast to Dunedin. It was a sleepy, lonely car ride but we managed to do some fun things on the way. In Dunsandel we stopped for coffee and tea and found a really cool cafe. It was all decorated in regional, antiques and sold some local, fresh apple juice that was some of the best I've ever had. I don't know who designed the door to the place, or why they chose to do it this way, but the handle to the cafe's front door was so low that it was almost down to my knees. And that's pretty low!
Our final stop of the trip was at the Moeraki Boulders. The local Māori people tell how a canoe searching for the prized greenstone was wrecked at the nearby Shag Point. The beach's round boulders are the baskets and gourds from this ancient canoe. An alternative explanation is that the boulders were formed while they were back in the nearby mudstone cliffs. They are called septarian concretions that are formed when minerals are crystallised equally in all directions from an organic nuclei. Either way they were really cool to see and play on.
Shaffer holding up Victoria and I
Shaffer and Stas squaring off on the boulders...I don't know how that would worked exactly
I think we were all rather disappointed that our week of adventuring was finished once we returned to Dunedin, but we were also ready for a good-long bath and some relaxation time.
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