{"id":2108,"date":"2009-11-27T15:33:45","date_gmt":"2009-11-27T21:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evilmoose.shafted.com.au\/?p=2108"},"modified":"2014-02-07T21:17:46","modified_gmt":"2014-02-08T03:17:46","slug":"bruce-bay-west-coast-new-zealand-25112009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/?p=2108","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Bay, West Coast, New Zealand (25.11.2009)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Driving along the west coast after hiking the Routeburn, we passed by Bruce Bay one cold and windy morning, and stopped to walk along the beach &#8211; and discovered these huge piles of message stone, and balancing stones and land art.  I had some fun adding to the balancing, the rocks there were fantastic!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"dropshadow\" style=\"width:410px;position:relative;margin:auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/Random-Adventures\/From-Australia-to-New-Zealand\/IMG8903\/726439169_mqQVC-S.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><center><em><\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"dropshadow\" style=\"width:310px;position:relative;margin:auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/Random-Adventures\/From-Australia-to-New-Zealand\/IMG8890\/726436238_yBdtP-M.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><center><em>White rock on driftwood<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"dropshadow\" style=\"width:410px;position:relative;margin:auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/Random-Adventures\/From-Australia-to-New-Zealand\/IMG8907\/726440693_hMCMa-S.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><center><em>Random art<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"dropshadow\" style=\"width:410px;position:relative;margin:auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/Random-Adventures\/From-Australia-to-New-Zealand\/IMG8904\/726439579_C8y5G-S.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><center><em>Messages &#8211; most of these were from the last month or two, so either this is a new development, or people come along and clean things up to stop it from getting out of hand.<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"dropshadow\" style=\"width:310px;position:relative;margin:auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/Random-Adventures\/From-Australia-to-New-Zealand\/IMG8908\/726441067_vPvPB-M.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><center><em>Messages<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"dropshadow\" style=\"width:410px;position:relative;margin:auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/Random-Adventures\/From-Australia-to-New-Zealand\/IMG8909\/726441378_XJwaA-S.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><center><em>And rock piles as far as the eye can see<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"dropshadow\" style=\"width:410px;position:relative;margin:auto;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/Random-Adventures\/From-Australia-to-New-Zealand\/IMG8900\/726437886_tmirg-S.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><center><em>And a shoe<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Driving along the west coast after hiking the Routeburn, we passed by Bruce Bay one cold and windy morning, and stopped to walk along the beach &#8211; and discovered these huge piles of message stone, and balancing stones and land art. 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