A freshwater crayfish (yabbi) caught in a small lake amongst the heath and manuka, near Awarua Bay.br/br/Awarua Bay is part of a large area of lagoon and expansive wetlands to the east of Bluff accessed via the Tiwai peninsula on the south coast of New Zealand. The Bay is a hotspot for birdlife and is visited frequently by many different trans-equatorial migrating and wading bird species, as well as a home for other various birds, plants,insects and marine life.