Along our southern drive to Dunedin, NZ, we stopped at the Curio and Porpoise Bays. We saw two baby Yellow-eyed Penguins waiting along the shore for their parents to return. Birds leave the colony at dawn and return the same evening to care for their young. Cool fact: they are one of the world's rarest penguins and could be the most ancient of all living penguins. You'll see Steven swimming in the ocean below at Porpoise Bay...with dolphins! 
He bared almost everything, dove into the freezing sea and was able to swim within three feet of them. They surfed along the waves and leaped up in the air. Very awesome thing to witness! And there was even better stuff to come. When we drove a bit further up the coast, we got to Nugget Point. Steven spotted a huge blob coming out of the water towards the beach so we pulled over to check it out. Why wouldn't we, right? It was a massive sea lion!
He bared almost everything, dove into the freezing sea and was able to swim within three feet of them. They surfed along the waves and leaped up in the air. Very awesome thing to witness! And there was even better stuff to come. When we drove a bit further up the coast, we got to Nugget Point. Steven spotted a huge blob coming out of the water towards the beach so we pulled over to check it out. Why wouldn't we, right? It was a massive sea lion! 
I have never seen such a huge creature come from the sea. You can see in the pic. It looks like a statue almost. As we carefully progressed down the beachfront (you don't want to scare a giant animal like that!), we came upon a father sea lion and his pups. Apparently the father stays with the young ones while the mom goes about her business - swimming, eating, playing. It was a pretty great day!
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