A fantastic sleep with the white noise of the surf at Gemstone Beach. Off to Monkey Island for our morning swim. It was not as pleasant as yesterday with a definite small rip that kept pulling at us. It wasn’t a dangerous one though.

After our swim we took the scenic route to Riverton. Along the way we discovered an awesome spot to freedom camp at Cosy Nook.

In Riverton we could see the weather heading for us. It just started to rain as we jumped out to see the whale and go down the slide. I took a video going down. In my effort to capture Rowan I ended up taking it off video but somehow flipping the camera and capturing this awesome selfie. Lol

A Fat Bastard pie for late breakfast kept us going until dinner. We op shopped around Invercargill and found a few goodies. I claim I was under the influence of Germie and that is why I ended up buying 11 books.

Rowan dropped us off at the warehouse. Jenna wanted to experience again the red shed. While I was distracting her he took off to pick up a cake for her birthday. He packed it into the fridge, let’s hope she doesn’t find it. A trip to the supermarket to restock and we are ready to see the Caitlins.

We stop out at Waipapa Point Lighthouse and fossick the beach before dinner. We come across a large sea lion who we navigate around and give some space. The wind makes it uninviting to get into the water, but Rowan hops in and ends up swimming with a seal.