Pounawea

We took the chance of a last gasp weekend away before the children are all back at school for the year. Pounawea is the Catlins, about a 90 minute drive south from Dunedin.

The weather was perfect and we had a swim each day. The miracle of the weekend was seeing Jack conquer his fear of water and swim, jump and play with the rest of us in the Owaka River. It is part of a vast tidal lagoon, so the water is salty and the tidal changes are huge. He wore a wetsuit, but Seán, Zoë and I just wore our togs.The seal got a bit confused and headed towards the children’s playground instead of the open sea. There are plenty of fur seals over the lagoon, but it’s very rare to see one in Pounawea itself!