The Hills Have Eyes
Posted on Thursday, May 17th, 2007 8:08 PM by DaveWe went out on Anzac Day for a walk along a trail on the East Coast of Wellington, past Eastbourne. Our walk turned into a 4+ hour hike, and we got high enough up to appreciate some of the scenery and view back towards Wellington. We were lucky as we had almost perfect weather all day, and it was nice to get away from the City and suburbs for an afternoon.
On the way back we realised we were being watched from the Hills beside the trail, and eventually we looked up and saw around a dozen or so goats. I have to be honest - goats scare me a little. I think it’s because they look like Satan’s minions, vomited from the dark maw of hell onto the earth. It must be the eyes.
Anyway, Jules decided to “Baa” at them and giggled as they stopped what they were doing to stare at us- which didn’t amuse me much. “Would you bark at a pack of wild dogs?” I asked. I urged Jules to “not stare at them” and “keep walking” as I reminded her about her experience in Queenstown being surrounded by hungry goats. I remember them surrounding the car afterwards and looking out of my side window right into an evil eye staring back at me. I still clearly remember it snorting steam against the glass - not unlike a tiny version of the T-Rex from Jurassic Park!
Happily, the goats didn’t stampede us and some photos from our day out are posted below.
