The Rocks of Wharariki Beach

[@sixthsenseamelia4695]

Nobody else here..... Just me. Magical words.

[@OutThereLearning]

Yep - we are lucky in this corner of the world!

[@grendel_nz]

👋 a little break from 🌋🌧😎

[@sixthsenseamelia4695]

@@grendel_nz 🙋Hello @GreN Zedd. Ah - I see we've discovered each others magic garden hiding place!

[@FinolaMulholland]

All your wonderful walks around the geological places of NZ evoke the crystal clear air and the brightness that are unforgettable features of the country we visited by in '89 !

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for enjoying the videos!

[@Chris.Davies]

100% pure, concentrated content. Just add viewers!

[@OutThereLearning]

Haha - thanks!

[@jackieking1522]

When I was there, with wife and one daughter, there were at least three others. And a seal, deep in the first cave you went into, scared the life out of us when it barked in the dark. I've beach memories from around the world but that afternoon shines out as the most magical.

[@OutThereLearning]

Epic moment!

[@richardmorgan3093]

Sure does look tranquil out there .. keep those videos coming ❤️

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks - will do when I can

[@muzikhed]

Excellent, such a beautiful peaceful place.

[@OutThereLearning]

Yep!

[@guyfitter3006]

Fantastic. Fascinating sandstone formation. Less is more and you let nature do the talking.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks :-)

[@alaskajdw]

That was fantastic! That cave noise was very spooky. I’m in a wheelchair and I felt like I was right there

[@OutThereLearning]

That's great, thanks for watching!

[@sh00t01]

I've had watched this excellent video some time ago, but I've just learnt that's the spot pictured on the Windows welcome screen. Greetings from Argentina!

[@OutThereLearning]

Haha - thanks!

[@mmmBetty9]

How good it would be to have you as a guide on a trip to New Zealand.

[@OutThereLearning]

I'll take that as a very kind compliment! :-)

[@rabidbigdog]

Until I came across this channel (and Nick Zentner's), I'd never have expected to be so interested in rocks.

[@OutThereLearning]

@@rabidbigdog great!

[@yeetyertbruvvvv]

I hit the like button before even watching the video because I already know I'm going to love your content. I wasn't disappointed, or wrong, either. Please don't stop creating these videos!

[@OutThereLearning]

What a positive thing to say! - thank you very much for your generous comment

[@yeetyertbruvvvv]

@@OutThereLearning There's very little Geological content like this on youtube and it's a damn shame! When you explained how you could tell the direction the ancient river was flowing by the arrangement of the rocks I was stunned. Thank you again! :)

[@jimthorne304]

Fantastic beach, and there was only one other person when I visited. I was fascinated by the conglomerate rocks. Nearby, at Cape Farewell, there's another extraordinary formation which looks like layers of sliced bread.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for watching!

[@grendel_nz]

Thank you :) Beaches have wonderful healing and de-stressing properties. Good for the soul. Perhaps reassuringly sounding reminiscent of being in the womb. Fresh salty air, good for the lungs. Keep well.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks! - couldn't agree more!

[@luzr6613]

Commenting as a photographer... some great camera angles and framing in this. Uncommonly nicely done. Cheers from Taranaki.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thank you very much!

[@billrobbins5874]

What a beautiful place! Thank you.

[@OutThereLearning]

Glad you like it!

[@complimentary_voucher]

For me, tilted strata are the best way to viscerally understand the magnitude of geological forces.

[@grendel_nz]

Especially when you sit on a fault boundary and see tightly twisted quartz strata in river rocks. Like on the west coast at Rainbow Falls (?). And many other places around geologically wonderful Aotearoa :)

[@OutThereLearning]

Indeed - and for me as a child to find marine shells on a mountain top or far inland

[@PaulWilliams-ex5bo]

Fabulous

[@OutThereLearning]

Cheers!

[@oneplanetmusicfilms]

Just loved this - thank you - a favourite spot for us

[@OutThereLearning]

Glad you liked it 😀

[@hornplayer1228]

I have spent many enjoyable days surfcasting from those rocks. Fantastic schnapper fishing. Scramble onto the rocks at low tide and fish until the tide recedes again. Holding the fish just out from the lower ledges until the right wave comes along and then surf them in to land at your feet.

[@OutThereLearning]

Sounds like a great time!

[@Lex-Hawthorn]

Did you ever fish at Flat Rock mate?

[@riverAmazonNZ]

Been a while since I was there … nostalgic. I’ve still got the spirula I picked up there.

[@OutThereLearning]

Nice to have such good memories

[@consciuosnesssoul]

Love it

[@OutThereLearning]

🙂

[@outthere9370]

This area is amazingly wild. I love the pebbles found here. Beautifully rounded. Lots of quartz mixed with other rock types. Different colours. Did these stones come from the "peneplane"? Very ancient. it's like going back in time. You'd expect to see a Pterodactyl or 2 screeching in the sky above . I went into one of those sea caves & didn't notice the fur seal. Got a hell of a fright! Magic spot.

[@OutThereLearning]

Nice !

[@pauln1557]

Hi 'Out There', I had the same 'surprise' in that cave. As an old caver I just have to investigate how far a cave goes, I have come across many different obstacles underground; flat out squeezes, rock falls, sumps, pitches, but never before angry seals!! Regards Paul.

[@Luca-N]

a beach added to my bucket list!. (after lockdown!)

[@OutThereLearning]

Great idea!!

[@GedMaybury23]

AND it is the northern-most point on the entire South Island! I never knew of this place until now. Definitely going onto my bucket list!

[@OutThereLearning]

Yep - its a stunner - probably best in in a golden hour evening to really light up those islands. I was there in the early morning

[@Lex-Hawthorn]

Actually Farewell Spit is further north, just past Cape Farewell. This is sort of Across from Puponga to the west Coast.

[@GedMaybury23]

@@Lex-Hawthorn Yes, I found it on Google Maps when I first watched this video. True: techically my remark is not exactly EXACTLY correct. On the day I got there (travelling with a theatre troop), I think our minds were less on geology and more about finding a quiet place to smoke some hooch.

[@bush600r2]

One of my favourite beaches👍 incredible place! You described it perfectly. If you don't mind me asking what part of NZ are you from, or based? Love your work on this channel, one of my favorite channels on KZbin, I love educational nature videos, especially of NZ. Cheers from Motueka.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for your comment and I'm glad you like the video. I am in the Wellington area

[@bush600r2]

@@OutThereLearning you're welcome, you really do make a great job, I only stumbled apon your channel a month or so ago. I came across it after researching the alpine fault line and found your alpine fault line video you made. Was very interesting, thankyou. If you somehow had a donation link, I'd be happy to give a small donation as appreciation for your work here.

[@OutThereLearning]

@@bush600r2 That is extremely kind, thank you, I'll have a look at the idea

[@poobum9857]

how lucky you are ...

[@OutThereLearning]

Thank you

[@kiwipete642]

Pity you didn’t make it to the big cliff at the south end of the beach. There’s abundant coal seams down there. Very cool.

[@OutThereLearning]

Ah, rats, will have to look next time. Thanks!

[@dakman1082]

Wow if you didn't walk the length of the beach heading south then you missed some of the best features of the beach.

[@OutThereLearning]

True!

[@Chris-NZ]

Interestingly still relatively level, 30m years later :)

[@OutThereLearning]

Yes - very true. Slow consistent burial and then uplift

[@theowoudstra3660]

So much more to see and explore in the Golden Bay area... There's Rawhiti cave, Pupu springs, Farewell Spit, Wainui Falls, Ngarua Caves (with Moa bones), Abel Tasman National park and heaps more. My favorite part of NZ... Hope I'll be able to visit it again some day in the future (after the revolution and the fall of w.e.f. fascisme/apartheid/censorship/propaganda and the evil and corrupt government).. I'm so glad I visited NZ 10 times before the dictators started theire war against free humanity.. Stay strong Kiwi's ! Fight for your rights and freedom. and NEVER EVER BELIEVE the media (or the government) ;)

[@zed4225]

What a fantastic place, i'd get heebie jeebies in that cave too.

[@baas7914]

Windows 10 wallpaper : 2:07

[@OutThereLearning]

😀

[@Froggability]

1:22 site of Windows10 jogging girl photo

[@Lex-Hawthorn]

I lived in Puponga as a child, this was one of our playgrounds, i've been in all the caves in that area. Shame you didn't show all the sand dunes as well. And if the tide is right, you can literally run around in the shallows, standing on and stunning herrings, to pick up afterwards for food or bait. Miss a lot of places out in the Bay area. BTW did you see 'old man rock' on your way over there?

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks - you know more about the area than me - will have to explore further next time