Looking out to sea from the mouth of Tavora Stream on the Tavora beach in coastal Otago.br/br/Tavora Reserve includes a prominent coastal headland called Bobby’s Head, a small wetland and stretch of sandy beach and dunes. Named after the local Yellow-eyed Penguin colony, the Maori name 'tavora' or 'hoiho' means quot;noise shouterquot;. Intensive farming practices over the decades has destroyed most of the natural vegetation, however since 2001 there has been emphasis on restoring the beach and dune system to its natural state aswell as plantings along the hilsides, stream banks and wetland. Essential to this process is the replacement of introduced marram grass with the native golden sedge/pikao.