Baltic Clipper

Got aboard the Baltic Clipper this morning for it's maiden voyage. Taking a load of Kiwi to Europe

Here you can see them being loaded into the lowest hold on the ship. You can see three levels above the bottom. The hold is refrigerated to keep the kiwi cool until it's unloaded. I believe this load is headed to GermanyHere is an image of one of the coolstores on the wharf. The kiwi's are stored here before being loaded onto the ship. I think this coolstore holds 6000 pallets which is... about 57 million kiwi's. There are 3 coolstores on the wharf, and a larger one just down the road.

The bow of the Baltic Clipper with kiwi pallets lined up in front of it.

Coincidentally this is also the port where tourists are let off for day tours.

Lots of updates to the map

Pic of me in a hardhat

Seals at the Mount

It's Spring time, and it seems that the babes are born at this time of the year. I was fortunate to watch a family of seals (mostly napping, sun bathing on the rocks, and being bothered by the sea gulls). I noticed that seals sleep on their back. The pup also seems to have hair/fur.

Sleeping baby seal

More sleeping seals... Mama seal looks like the dark one.

Annoying seagull waking them up to play.

Grooming time

Adorable lambs...

Baby seal swimming