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submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Kia ora tatou, I went for a swim in the ocean!! And there were no waves so I was able to go out deep and just float around out there.

It felt so free. Also, there was a stingray!

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

That's awesome!

I love seeing stingrays. I used to walk around the waterfront in Wellington often at lunchtime, and if you paid attention you could occasionally see stingrays in the water if it was calm enough.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Me too. One of my favourites in Wellington was that thing like a tiny lagoon next to the wharf, great for spotting them.

When I was swimming the other day it swam right up to me! Like, almost touching! I knew it was in the water with me because I'd floated over it earlier but I wasn't expecting anything like that. They are so beautiful. Made my year.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

That's really cool!

Yes, the Whairepo Lagoon is a great place to see them! You can sometime see them in other calm areas along that waterfront as well.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Aha, so I'm not misremembering that it's a lagoon! Long time since I was running around there. I remember seeing one a few times near a... some kind of poem they have inscribed in metal on the waterfront path.

I love how their wings ripple. Also they have very calm faces.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

With everything going on in the world right now I hope we can get some backing behind a NZ/AUS sovereign tech fund and shift away from reliance on US tech companies.

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