Sand Fly Bay for me and for you

So after some Thai, Cadbury Eggs (oh, the Cadbury NZ factory is in Dunedin, eat your heart out Larson women!) and a movie we headed back down the Peninsula to Sandfly Beach. We parked at the end of the gate and luckily it was a bright lit night thanks to the waning gibbous moon so we didn't have too much trouble...except that it was over a lamb station so there are about a thousand lil lamb trails so it was hard to tell which one was for us. We went up, and down, and up again and then through some serious bush and vine to make it to the sand and then to a little a nook behind a dune. Luckily, the walk helped us heat up and tire us out so we could just lie under the Southern Hemisphere sky and check out the stars. We intended to use our new tent but it was just too clear out. Mike showed me the Southern cross which points due south very much like our milky way and it's north star amigo. Yes, sandfly beach (despite it's unfortunate nomenclature) was a good place to rest for the night.