Takiroa Rock Art

In the Waitaki River Valley outside Oamaru is the Maori rock art site at Takiroa:

(I found a Maori web site with good information about rock art, but whenever I visit this web site, cut-and-paste doesn't work on my computer until I reboot. If you want to check it out, the web site is http://www.ngaitahu.iwi.nz/RockArt/takiroa.htm.)

This photo shows some of the rock art:

And this explains what is in the photo:

The photograph below shows the general rock structure and the fencing that has been installed to protect the rock art. There were many birds nesting in holes in the cliffs above the rock art.

Our Spaceship campervan is in the parking lot, a Caterpillar excavator across SH83 is clearing land, and in the distance are the mountains where we are headed next.