Eastbourne sand dunes restoration

My last working day today, and what a way to end it. We had an absolute stunner of a day today. Clear blue skies, and working on the beach. We helped to clear the dunes of any weeds to allow the native plants to grow back in the sand dunes. We also did a survey on the skinks, (small little lizards). they have placed some tiles in the sand dunes to provide a living enviroment for the skinks. In the morning a group went to have a look at we found 5 skinks. The afternoon group did not see any unfortunately.

Weeding the sand dunes



Me doing some weeding on the beach


The lovely view from the beach



Tea time, at one of the organisers house, and dave providing tea and coffee and biscuits.


Dave, our guide for the day, handing out biscuits



Garden view to the beach



The lovely garden setting



Skink tile, to create a lovely living enviroment for them



The explanation of the restoration of the dunes



View of wellington harbour from the beach



Lunch time, where we went to a different house. We had lovely fresh bread and with the tea some lovely muffins. Yummy. The house was very unique in that it had loads of windows, and great views over the bay.



Weta house. Wetas are this enourmous like grasshoppers, but with no wings.



Weta inside the house



A Weta, they are known to bite people when angered.