Photo Gallery - Cape Saunders
Photos from Pavel, Caleb and Greg's dive at Cape Saunders
Cape Saunders, looking north.
Looking down the gut - seal colony is on the left
Hmm, not sure why Pavel took this one
Part of the climb down the cliffs to the water
The old lighthouse keepers house and the Cape Saunders lighthouse
Looking north at the Cape
Caleb in 'Tracey' doing his best to avoid the cliff edge
Greg on point for big holes / ruts / bits where the track goes off into thin air
Tussock-bashing
And we got there in one piece
Rope and grappling hook - gotta get out of the water somehow...
The drysuit lads find out how their wetties have 'shrunk' over the summer...
Hoickkk! Oi! Up here!...
Caleb and Pavel - with the sea doing its washing machine impression in the background
No, this wasn't posed - but I don't expect anyone will believe me...
Caleb, extreme closeup
The lads - after the dive and still smiling. Gotta be a good sign.
Heading back up the cliff
Don't look down. And DON'T go falling off. It's quite a way down.
It's a bird, no, a plane,...nah, forget it.
This is a bit easier without 70lbs of dive gear on...
Retrieving that safety rope
Note the whitewater down there - we just got out of that. Not recommended for the faint-hearted. Or those blessed with common sense...
Heading home
Oh, would you look at that. How did we not read that on the way in?
Submarine rock. Rumoured to be a great dive spot
Submarine rock again. If you want access, you're going to have to contact the McKays. See below.
Hmmm.
Second thoughts, perhaps not.
Is that a banjo I hear...
Greg showing the lads his tractor driving technique
Note the classic tractor-driving posture, one hand on the wheel, the other free to scratch, raise a finger to passing cars, pick your nose, whatever...
What a machine - just a few minor repairs and she'll be right as rain.
Papanui Inlet at dusk
