Index to “Early 2024 Fossicking Trip” Series

Looking back towards the carpark and the campers.

I turned back well before the lighthouse.

Seadown Beach today, from the carpark. Looking south.

Arriving back at the end of the fossick. There were always a good number of people in front of the carpark most of today.

There are also large areas of larger stones.

For the period from mid-February to late March 2024, I drove south from home (Whanganui in the North Island) all the way down to Riverton Aparima at the bottom of the South Island. My aim was to visit a number of beaches to collect stones for tumble polishing. The Series of Posts on this trip are like a photo album for me, a record of beaches and stones that I can return to in the future. In this Index, you can click on a link to be taken to the relevant Post. The photos above each link give you an idea of some of the stones that feature in that Post.

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1) “So Many Miles…” Ward Beach, Timaru and Kakanui, Tuesday 13 February and Wednesday 14 February

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2) Seadown Beach, Kakanui, Friday 16 February

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3) First Gemstone Beach Fossick (With View of a Sapphire), Saturday 17 February

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4) Gemstone Beach and Vern’s Green Hydrogrossular Garnet, Sunday 18 February

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Nice long trace fossil.

Trace fossil in argillite.

5) A Stormy Gemstone Beach Fossick, Tuesday 20 February

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Tiny white crystals.

6) A Red, a Green and a Pink, Gemstone Beach, Wednesday 21 February

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7) A Large Pink Thulite and a Small Red Poppy Jasper, Gemstone Beach, Thursday 22 February

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8) A Couple of Roughies in a Small Haul, Gemstone Beach, Friday 23 February

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9) Fossicking with Sascha, Gemstone Beach, Saturday 24 February

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10) Bigger Waves on Te Waewae Bay Beach, Sunday 25 February

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11) Sandflies on Gemstone Beach, Monday 26 February

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12) Stones and a White Flower on Gemstone Beach, Tuesday 27 February

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13) Six Small Stones from Gemstone Beach, Wednesday 28 February

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Gemstone Beach waves.

Music-related TumbleStone Blog Post.

Music-related TumbleStone Blog Post.

Music-related TumbleStone Blog Post.

14) Music, Beaches, Stones, Thursday 29 February

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15) A Shorter Gemstone Beach Fossick, Friday 1 March

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16) A Sunny Slope Point Fossick, Saturday 2 March

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17) An Hour on Gemstone Beach, Sunday 3 March

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18) A Productive Post-Storm Picking, Gemstone Beach, Monday 4 March

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19) Another Post-Storm Fossick Finding Treasures on Gemstone Beach, Wednesday 6 March

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20. Five Hours on a Windy Te Waewae Bay, Thursday 7 March

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21. Another Windy Te Waewae Bay Fossick, Saturday 9 March

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22. Sunday Afternoon Fossick, Gemstone Beach and Te Waewae Bay, Sunday 10 March

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23. With Claire and Brett on Gemstone Beach, Tuesday 12 March

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24. Second Slope Point Fossick, Wednesday 13 March

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25. It’s a Small World! Gemstone Beach, Thursday 14 March

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26. Cold Temperatures and Hail, Fossicking with Chrissy on Te Waewae Bay Coast, Friday 15 March

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27. “Watch the World Spin in Waves… I Threw Stones at the Stars” (Isakov’s “The Stable Song”), Sunday 17 March

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28. Rain-Charged Channels on Te Waewae Bay, Monday 18 March

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29. Third and Last Fossick at a Slope Point Beach, Tuesday 19 March

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30. Penultimate Fossick at a Seaweed Strewn Gemstone Beach, Wednesday 20 March

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31. Farewell Fossick on Gemstone Beach, Thursday 21 March

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32. Bryozoan Fossils in Chalcedony, Kakanui’s Seadown Beach, Saturday 23 March

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33. Diverse Finds at Kakanui’s Seadown Beach, Sunday 24 March

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34. Final Fossick of the Trip, Ward Beach, Monday 25 March

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