Castle Point

Neither my husband or I have been out to Castle Point before. It has always been on the 'to do' list but we just have never gotten round to going. Today it was overcast and dull in Wellington and a friend needed a ride home to the Wairarapa so we made a day of it and finally headed out to Castle Point where the weather was great!

I was thinking it is a beach there should be birds, but no - barely any when we arrived and after being there some time I only saw a few. I managed to photograph them from a distance to identify them but nothing worth sharing. Other than a couple of gulls, I saw a couple of gannets and one white fronted term.

I was way more drawn to the rock formations. Way back when I was at school I studied Geography in third form and thoroughly enjoyed it. Castle Point with all its interesting rock formations bought a lot of that back to me. I loved the lines and shapes and tried to show them in the images I made.

Being as the main focus of the beach is the light house I thought I should have at least one image with a lighthouse in it, so here it is - the obligatory Castle Point light house picture.