Pancake Rocks Punakaiki

We had a bit of a lie in, and then were back on the bus. We weren't in our seats for long however, since our first stop was just round the corner, a lovely place called Cape Foulwind. The name is misleading; it smelt of the sea, not of anything else. It was the start of a walk, which began at a Lighthouse, and extended round a lovely bit of …

It was a beautiful scenic ride to Punakaiki. One minute we were driving through thick fog and surrounding snow, the next minute we were driving along the coast road with the sun bearing down on us, whilst heading in through the rainforest. (Who knew NZ had a rainforest?!) But when the driver dropped us off in Punakaiki, we both looked at each other …

Midday we went to New Zealands longest swingbridge, across Buller Gorge. It was raining and swaying, and you had to pass people, leaning to the side. Holly was petrified and crying... she didn't realise the only way back was back over the bridge...haha.

After, we drove to Punakaiki (pancake rocks & blow holes), where there are rock …

Day 8: Greymouth and
Pancake Rocks

Sunday morning came and off we were again to a new town and more places to see. The thing that was on most of our minds at this point was the trip was all downhill. After completing the majority of the activities and the events meant that the end was near. Once again it was my turn to drive …

Right. Well. Time for a blog catch up!

I've now finished working in Greymouth and have been spending some time traveling round NZ before heading to SE Asia for a further 3 months, so I thought I had better get the blog up and running again.

First of all a few words about what I've been doing over the past 11 or so months of living …

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Nach also nun mehr als zwei Wochen auf meiner Pferdefarm komme ich nun also endlich auch mal dazu, ein Lebenszeichen von mir zu geben und euch wissen zu lassen, dass ich im Paradies lebe... (bloss nicht neidisch werden ;)).
Wie waren die letzten Tage hier? Tja, busy (geschäftig) trifft es ziemlich genau... Ich starte morgens …

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euch allen noch ein schönes neues Jahr 2012, bevor ich es vergesse... ;)
Hoffe, ihr hattet ein schönes Sylvester... Ich hatte es nämlich :D

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Am 31. Dezember, nachdem ich also schon 2 Wochen hier auf dem Anwesen von Karen und Neil gelebt hatte, machten Sarah (Meine Zwangs-aber-Lieblings- …

We drove approximately 7.5 hours and travelled 290km. Remember, this is a hilly, windy place long distances in Canada can take us a relatively short period of time.

We stopped in the middle of nowhere and I mean nowhere for a simple breakfast in beautifully nestled surroundings between huge hills, high on a river's edge with clear blue …

The roads have been a real joy to drive today and I haven't even reached Arthurs Pass yet - its been a 'proper' driving day with lots of using gears and the mountain inclines to slow down. Fun! The roads wait for you to become complacent though, and then throw in some wicked hairpin turns with reverse cambers. They whisper "go on, look at the view …

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... ! For the most part, the weather outside was terrible, but I took advantage of a 2 hour fine spell to visit the Pancake Rocks and the Punakaiki Cavern. On return, I met Dan (American) and Marshall (South Korean) and we went to the local pub that night ...

... west coast. Before we reached Barry town we stopped at Punakaiki, so that we could marvel at the extremely strange, but unusually beautiful pancake rocks. As I walked around the well laid out path, it was like looking at a film set from a sci-fi ...

... in a tree and make George turn round and go back so we can get a picture and we finally arrive in Punakaiki (I hope I've spelt that right) home of the Pancake Rocks and Blow Holes.   It is still a little early as we need to wait for high tide ...

... had anything! The rain had really set in but we walked along the path to look at the pancake rocks and blow holes that have made Punakaiki famous. The limestone stacks certainly weren't like anything I'd seen before and the ferocious sea provided an ...

... , nothing to see) we managed to time our arrival at the Pancake Rocks at high tide when they are their most impressive. The Pancake Rocks are columns of limestone looking a little like stacks of pancakes, minus any syrup or toppings, which when the ...

Day on the bus....booooo But we did stop at the pancake rocks for lunch, very weird natural rocks along the sea ...

... of Greymouth.  From there it was a nice drive up the coast.  We stopped for a bit in Punakaiki to check out the pancake rocks and blowholes.  Unfortunately the conditions were not right for blowholes to occur, so no blowholes for us that ...

Not an entry but this part of the west coast deserves its own photo ...

We succumbed to the deeleecious marketing at the Pancake Rocks. Feasting on a stack with a side of bacon, banana and maple syrup was a welcome change from P.B. & J sandwiches for ...

Hello Everyone, Today we started the day by heading up the west coast to Punakaiki to see the Pancake Rocks.  They are sandstone formations that look like layered pancakes.  We then headed south from there towards Franz Joseph Glacier.  ...