Caroline Bay Carnival – Day 2

Sweltering heat from a Nor-wester for the second day of the Caroline Bay Carnival.

Tiny Tots Parade – Boys

A smaller group of boys lined up for the boys tiny tots parade.

Diane Nutsford had the unenviable job of selected the top three from a bevy of tiny tot beauties.

Plenty of activity on the Caroline Bay sands today…floundering, ocean swimming, paddle boarding, wharf fishing and more…

Dave Thomson floundering

Tevita ‘T” Thomson

Myra Adams with Edward and…

Ocean swimmers Andy Collins & Tim Holt.

Ocean swimmers Andy Collins & Tim Holt reach shore.

3km ocean swimmers L-R: Jackie Bennett, Jane Sutherland, Karen Hodgkinson and Raewyn Winsley.

A spot of fishing. Mason McLeod and his grandfather Darrel Ramage.

Mason McLeod hooks a good sized dogfish, with a little help from his grandfather Darrel Ramage.

Toni Thomas from Christchurch hooks a wee dog fish.

Subliminal messaging

L-R: Whare Edwards & Clint Agnew find only crabs in their net.

Alan McDonald from DOC explains that an aged Grey Beak Whale had beached itself to die.

Onlookers in awe at the beached grey-beaked whale.

Grey-beaked whale

DOC officer Alan McDonald says the aged grey-beaked whale probably beached itself to die.

The deceased grey-beaked whale.

DOC officer Alan McDonald explains what happened.

DOC dispose of the grey-beaked whale.