Clearwater and Kiwis

Ingrid did make par at this par 3....

Having managed to get a decent night's sleep, we hope that we will be over the trip out here.  After a good breakfast at our B&B, we went to the golf course (all of three minutes away).  Clearwater has hosted the NZ ladies open and a Nationwide tour event - Ingrid was even greeted by the course designer, Sir Bob Charles!  The course was very good - water on nearly every hole to narrow down the target area - and the weather was splendid.  The sun down here is very strong and we missed a few spots with the sun block! 

After the golf we went to the local wildlife park and wandered around that.  We did spot our first kiwis - we cheated a bit as they were in the 'nocturnal' part of the park/sanctuary.  We also saw some of NZ's other native and endangered species amongst a number of enclosures where the endangered species were absent hiding or, perhaps, just absent!  Then it was back to the B&B and a quick dip in the pool before getting ready for supper.  Altogether an excellent first full day down here.