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!
this post was submitted on 27 Feb 2025
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.