You know you're in New Zealand...

...when you have to watch for kiwi.

I was going to go back to Ulva Island today but again it rained and the wind blew and it was so cold, so I didn't go! Instead I read and lounged and made an effort to at least get a picture with a bird on it. This sign is just up the hill from the backpackers at which I'm staying. I have to admit, after my long weekend of water taxis and 20 miles of hiking through storms and toil and all of that, the night I returned to the backpackers I heard a kiwi calling on the lawn just outside my tent. All that way and there it was, on the lawn! I never saw it, but apparently they're right here, in town. Cheeky.