Monteith's Brewing Company Greymouth

From Nelson, we made our way down the beautiful west coast of New Zealand. This rugged, rain forest like terrain is noted in Lonely Planets as one of the worlds best coastal drives. I believe them! We had a clear, warm, glassy day for the drive. With no cloud in the sky, rare views of Mt Cook could be seen in the distance. Magic Bus made a few …

Der 14.10. begann...ihr habt richtig geraten...frueh, aber auch interessant. Da wir an den beruehmten Pancakerocks halt machten. Gut, warum die nach Pfannekuchen benannt sind hat sich mir nicht so ganz entschlossen. Dass mus definitiv nen Ami oder Englaender gewesen sein, denn wen man in der Felsformation, die zweifelsohne interessant ist, …

After a couple amazing days in Punakaiki, I jumped on a bus to head a short 80km south to the town of Greymouth. Greymouth, one of the larger towns on the West Coast, is primarily home to fisherman. This port town is also home to the Monteith Brewery. Monteith's is a beer that is comparable to Sierra Nevada's footprint in Northern California. They …

So, after Nelson we got on the Magic bus that morning to go to our next stop at Greymouth. On the way we had more stop off points down the west coast. Our first stop was at a beach where we were able to go for a quick walk or sit on the beach I went on a quick walk with the ours on the bus and then went to sit at the picnic area where we had …

Not much to say about greymouth,it's extremely quiet with not a lot to do! We went on a monteiths brewery tour, which included a meal and beer, didn't really pay much attention to the tour but was a good night together with my fellow travellers …

Tja...
Was soll ich sagen...
Ich habe mal wieder all meine Plaene ueber den Haufen geschmissen und aus dem Kurztripp von Picton nach Greymouth einen Langtripp gemacht und bleibe jetzt zwei Wochen auf Straytour.
Wieso?
Weil ich einfach Lust habe, zu reisen und ich die Zeit habe... das Geld... nicht wirklich, aber egal... man …

On the way through from Nelson we stopped off at Cape Foulmouth Walk, which was an hour walk around the coast, viewing the beach, hills and the native Weka bird. Also saw some Seals being very lazy on the rocks.

2^nd stop was Punakaiki Pancake rocks and blowholes. Layers of rocks called Stylobedding. The blowholes were pretty …

Entry containing 26 photos titled: Cape Foulwind, NOT a Kiwi ;), Find the seals!, There they are, Another signpost, the signpost and me, Tauranga Bay, Soap, our driver, is preparing for the limbo, the limbo, along the shore line, a bridge, advised picture by the coach driver ;)

We started the morning, bright and early as ever, with one or the longest drives of our journey to be done. As we drove, we passed by what Jack, our driver, refers to as the Magic river, that changes colour depending on the presiding mineral in the water that day. This morning it was a milky aquamarine, but as we keep driving through the mountains …