The alternative Maori explanation for the boulders:
I went to Moeraki for a weekend of walking, thinking and writing. I had to visit the boulders of course, but apart from that, there aren’t too many distractions in the area and it is a good place to mull things over. It’s easier (I found out the hard way) to walk from the village to the boulders along the Millennium Track than it is to get there by scrambling over the rocks at low tide.
Bunnies in Moeraki
The other reason many people stop at Moeraki is the legendary restaurant, Fleur’s. You can get beautiful, locally-caught fish there if you don't mind paying a bit more (mains are $40 plus), but since I was on my own I went to the Fishwife to have fish and chips (less than $15). The blue cod was excellent.
And if you are on your own, I can recommend going to Fleur’s for coffee and cake, or a glass of wine before dinner. Unfortunately, the pub seems to cater more to the mass tourist crowd than to locals as you can't sit by the bar because it is a “working area”. A working area that is 15 feet long.
Because of Covid-19 there were very few tourists in town during the winter weekend and absolutely nobody in the water except me.
Very briefly.
I wish there was a saltwater pool in Moeraki. Though I’m happy to not see sharks.
More photos of the boulders, showing how they wash out of the cliffs. No dinosaurs seen to photograph on this visit.
