This etching was inspired by a visit to 'Island Bay' on Wellington's south coast. The Bay got it's name from the island 'Tapu te Ranga', that sits across the bay's mouth and shelters the area from Cook Strait, that wild stretch of water that seperates New Zealand's North Island from it's South Island. Island Bay is renowned for it's sparkling blue sea and it's abundance of marine life, such as sea horses, that lurk in the many craggy but accessable rock pools that dot the foreshore. Old dinghys and row boats also recline everywhere, as the area is extremely popular with fishermen.