While Melli was happily stomping up and down mountains on a track nearby, I had a wonderful day living every marine biologist dream of spending the entire low tide examining tide pools at Karekare beach (yup, the beach from the movie „the piano“).
The watchman (l) and black sand dunes with white grass in front of a native forest backdrop (r).
The biggest tide pool ever, a bathtub with a view…
Beautiful Anthozoans (Oulactis muscosa and Isocradactis magna?)
Meet the yellow clones…