Beach sculpture Kaikoura

beach sculpture Kaikoura - by Gabrielle Young

I'm fascinated by some of the large sculptures that dot the New Zealand landscape.
I don't recall there being a plaque to describe this work (usually I photograph the plaques separately so I have a record of the work to explain to others) but will hunt out some details and put them on here later.

As far as I do know, they are carved out of macrocapa stumps with a chainsaw...

June 2011 update:
Thanks to "The Stone Guy", this is what he says...

That sculpture was by Gabrielle Young.
She's done a lot of funky work around Kaikoura.

Kaikoura - eating out - Bayside Blue Café

Sadly, I heard this place is no longer operating. So, good for us that we enjoyed it whilst we could...

On the road, you gotta eat... Sometimes average take aways - sometimes not.

monkfish on a plate

This was Monk fish done up quite nicely. Good wine selection at Bayside Blue Café too

Kaikoura - eating out

ice cream, wafer with lavender

These were the puddings served at Bayside Blue Café.
Very nice

Amaretto, coffee and ice cream with wafer - pudding 

Ok, here's a wee tip in case you ever get served something like this and think, "What the hell do I do with it?"
First - pour the espresso shot over the ice cream
Second - pour the shot of Amaretto liqueur in as well

either - or - just enjoy it

then indulge with the spoon that is provided
or be real cool and confidently scoop some of the ice cream off with the biscuit wafer as if it's something you do every day.

And it's perfectly ok to drink what's left of the mixture as if you were drinking from a cup/mug