To the northernmost point of the South Island

I woke up early again around 6 o'clock, I think. I guess I'm officially an early riser, who would have thought? It was still so cold that I just drove off as I was, completely ignoring the fact that I could brush my teeth and all that later. So off I went to Wharakiki Beach, many will probably recognize the rocks as the Windows 10 background, yep that's the beach. But the real highlight there was when the tide was out, small pools formed by the rocks, and if you're lucky, you can see seals there. And yes, I was lucky, baby seals were playing and swimming there, it was so beautiful to watch them and I was really close. I then strolled along the beach, went into the cave to get THAT photo of the beach and of course collected way too many shells again. Then it was off to the northernmost point of the South Island: Cape Farewell, it was beautiful there. Oh yes, everything here is of course a gravel road and with grade 3 potholes, folks. I’ll say you can see grade 1 but don't feel it. Grade 2 you can see and feel. Grade 3 you think oh crap if you drive into that you’re stuck. So it was another challenge but I love it anyway. Then, who would have thought, it was over gravel to Farewell Spit. You can walk about 4 km back there, then comes a nature reserve where you can only enter with tours. So I strolled along the beach to the dunes and it was pure madness, folks, I didn't think there were so many dunes you could walk through like a madman, and of course I did that, there was no one there, for a moment I thought I was really in the desert, the sun was shining. So after I completely exhausted myself there, I trudged back 4 km completely worn out. At the beach I wondered what this was? After some research (yk chatgpt my friend and helper) it turned out that what I was holding in my hand were dolphin or whale bones, and after I paid attention, I noticed I was walking in a graveyard, there were so many bones there. Then it was urgently time for a food break where I could cook right in front of the sheep herd and also ate the last watercress that the nice lady had given me. Then it was off to the Te Waikoropupu Springs, the largest freshwater spring in the country and known for its exceptionally clear water (visibility of 63m - one of the clearest in the world) the spring has spiritual significance for the Maori - as a place of healing. Then a quick shopping trip in Takaka and then off to the camp for today.