These were our last days in NZ. Before heading to Christchurch, we stopped by the Moeraki boulders. Some are as large as three meters across and weigh a few tons. According to the Maori (indigenous Polynesian people of NZ), the boulders are remains of calabashes (gourds), kumaras (sweet potatoes) and eel baskets that washed ashore after the legendary canoe, the Araiteuru was wrecked at nearby Shag Point. You can see in the pic that they have a hollow core. It's amazing that they took 4 to 5.5 million years to develop. It was a neat stop before we flew out of Christchurch.
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