Stony Bay to Otanerito

AA simple(!) 6km walk today from Stony Bay to Otanerito. Really was a leisurely walk - uphill of course but actually no real huffing and puffing going on. Only when you look out along the coast do you realise just how high you climb.
For me these open coastal walks have been a real highlight and a real taste of home and the hiking I used to do in the UK.
All that said my blip shows nothing of that.
Our 'digs' were electricity free and so it was going to be an early night for us. I headed out of the main homestead and saw the night sky and decided to go down to the beach for some star shots. I did LOTS of playing around but liked this shot. It was on a long exposure looking out to see and attempting to capture some of the stars. Then suddenly two ghosts appeared and walked through the shot.

(of course it was Bob and Beowulf)

Blurb below
rom Stony Bay you climb briefly through regenerating coastal forest (penguin sanctuary) before heading out to Blowhole Point (where in favourable conditions the sea whooshes up through a small hole in the rock shelf). You then swing inland again past rock-walled Blind Bay, up a bushy gully, and out to the southern headland of Sleepy Bay with it's spectacular view of the Sea Arch. Sheltered Sleepy Bay is in delightful contrast, a good place to lunch or linger - its high bush-girt waterfall is just a couple of minutes off the main track. You cross one more spur, passing the site where Ngai Tahu warriors fought a decisive battle with Ngati Mamoe some 300 years ago, before joining the broad farm track down to Otanerito beach.
Walks to 'Fantail falls' or the 'Stones' viewpoint are options for the energetic, after arrival.