Point Dorset

It was another cracking autumn day in Wellington, so we decided to go for a walk around Point Dorset, on the Eastern side of the Miramar peninsula. We spotted some surfers in Breaker Bay as we set out, but they were just waiting for the big waves to come in, so we didn't manage to get any action shots of them.

Climbing to the peak from the entrance at the Pass of Branda, we came across the site of the Oruaiti Pa marked by a pou whenua:

A kingfisher flew past and landed on a stalk:

A man paddled past (far below) on his paddle-board:

The kingfisher kept following us:

Back down to beach level, and the waves were attempting to be spectacular, but not very successfully:

As we walked back along the street to the car, the kingfisher turned up again: