Giant, otherworldly balls scattered along north Otago’s Moeraki Beach, the Boulders look as though they were handcrafted and placed by design. These massive concretions are a geological marvel. Formed originally within ancient sea-floor mud through the slow, steady crystallisation of calcite over millions of years.
(An express section of the NZ 2026 Photo Journal)
A note on these: the images are mine and sit outside this site’s CC-BY-NC terms.
What’s here is capped at 3 MP, which is plenty for a screen and no use at all on a wall. If you’d like a print, or a licence to hang one, say hello.
Previous Visit, Summer 2023
This Visit, Winter 2026
I was driving from Dunedin to Timaru, wanting a quiet night ahead of the Caroline Bay parkrun (+ SH78 run). The Boulders were a quick leg-stretching stop. The cafe had closed for the day and it was still rainy. I went down to the beach along the walkways without much photography, the camera even stayed in my car.
Driving off, however, I soon realised the clouds were receding, and made a quick decision to take a U-turn off the next intersection along SH-1.
And then …
Yourong Frank Wang 
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