Dinner was a sumptuous crayfish, bought from a roadside stall. A tiny squeeze of lemon, a fresh salad with the Spy Valley olive oil, fresh bread. Yummy.
We parked for the night beside the road on Kaikoura peninsula. The sign said 'no camping' but we think this meant tents; in many places they specifically ban overnight parking as well. It was a lovely spot, empty with a view directly out onto the darkening Pacific. Birds chirruped in the reeds and along the mud and the waves washed up and down on the sand.
There is a terrific tidal range just here. The picture is the extraordinary tidal flats at Kean Point (also the home of a large fur seal colony), completely uncovered at low tide.