March 20th, 2018

Signs of Penguins – Road Trip to Otago

by Alex Hallatt

Billie and I went on a mini-road trip south this weekend. We stopped off in Oamaru, which is famous for its penguins. As well as the little blue penguin, there is a colony of yellow-eyed penguins (hoiho), which are only found in New Zealand. It is threatened by fishing nets, climate change and disease and dogs aren’t allowed anywhere near them, so the closest we got was this: