I spent about 90 minutes this morning at Kakanui’s Seadown Beach, walking across large areas of sand to patches of stones.
Seadown Beach today, from the carpark. Looking south.
A lone patch of stones up this end of the beach
Some 350 to 400 metres north of the carpark, a few patches of stones, February 2024.
The seal I spotted in the distance before I turned back.
South of the the beach today. Sand has been piled up here.
The same rock two years ago, surrounded by stones.
Sand piled up against the back of the south end of the beach, today. Very few stones in this area.
The same general area two years ago. The level of the stones is a lot lower.
It was a worthwhile fossick, finding some nice quartzites and jaspers especially.
Interesting little quartzite with its white flash.
A nicely shaped quartzite.
A quartzite with some tiny clear quartz pieces.
The whitest of this kind of quartzite that I have found.
I made it about 400 metres north of the carpark before I turned back, spotting a seal just a bit further on.
Interesting little jasper, with some brecciation and some hematite.
Some of the red jaspers here have interesting green veins.
I then drove south and arrived in Riverton Aparima about 5.30 pm. Tomorrow morning I will be visiting Gemstone Beach at Orepuki. See this Post for an account of this visit.
The next Part in this Series, on my first fossick at Gemstone Beach, is here. The first Part can be found here. The Series Index is here.
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