Moeraki boulders

Day 2 of the South Island Safari.  Today we are going from the ocean to the mountains.  

About 40 minutes drive south of Oamaru, are the Moeraki Boulders.

The boulders are made from Calcite 

Fortunately, the tide was out, so the boulders could be stood on.

Erosion is still finding more boulders in the Otago coastline

Local legends explained the boulders as the remains of eel baskets, calabashes, and kumera washed ashore from the wreck of  AArai-te-uru a large sailing waka.