Moeraki boulders.

Stopped to see the Moeraki boulders, a phenomenon found here on the beach.

The Moeraki Boulders are unusually large spherical boulders lying along a stretch of Koekohe Beach on the wave-cut Otago coast of New Zealand between Moeraki and Hampden. They occur scattered either as isolated or clusters of boulders within a stretch of beach where they have been protected in a scientific reserve.

These boulders are grey-colored septarian concretions, which have been exhumed from the mudstone and bedrock enclosing them and concentrated on the beach by coastal erosion.

After a short walk down to the beach, we braved the weather and walked down the beach to view the boulders.

Then it was back on the bus and on to Dunedin.Read more