Pancake Rocks South Island

Deze ochtend vertrokken vanuit Westport naar Punakaiki om daar de pancake rocks en blowholes te gaan bekijken ( meer info via Google of Wikipedia) , daar zo'n uurtje rondgelopen en dan doorgereden naar Greymouth . Vandaag was het weer wel een stuk minder , het was sinds gisterenmiddag al ononderbroken aan het regenen en ook vrij veel wind. Dan voor …

Entry containing 4 photos titled: Pancake rocks, Blow hole, Lake Mahinapua, Poo pub fancy dress party

We walked to the nearby seal colony (unfortunately it's slightly too early for the pups to be born) and saw a few seals sunbathing among the rocks. The coastal views were amazing and dramatic. Some Weka birds rushed over to us, hoping to be fed, and got very excited when Dominic unwrapped a plaster!
We visited Punakaiki (pancake rocks) to see …

Efter helikopterturen og en dag med afslapning havde vi en lang tur foran os. Selvom der er smukt i New Zealand, og det er hyggeligt at køre, så kan man for det første godt blive en lille smule immun overfor for nye indtryk fra landevejen (tro det eller ej), og dernæst, så er vestkysten på Sydøen ikke den mest sindsoprivende - så vi havde et par …

We slapen lekker uit voor ons doen en gaan na het ontbijt en uitgebreid afscheid genomen te hebben van onze Nederlandse vrienden en van de eigenaresse van het motel op pad. Vandaag een lange roadtrip te doen. We willen uitkomen in Hokitika en dat is ruim 300 kilometer. Het is een mooie route, eerst nog door de fruitbomen en later worden de bergen …

Morgens lacht wiederum die Sonne, als wir aufwachen und wir können das erste Mal draussen frühstücken, da es schön warm ist. Wir haben einen wirklich hübschen Campingplatz erwischt (der Name Shining Star passt...).
Das Meer rauscht und die Lamas im Gehege nebenan geniessen zusammen mit ein paar Enten die Morgensonne. In Hokitika, der …

[Rich]: After leaving Abel Tasman National Park we set off down the west coast for a drive that defines 'road-trip'. Hugging the rocky coast, the road took us past 'the pancake rocks' which supposedly look like pancakes stacked on top of one another. If like me, the phrase 'pancake rocks' makes you think of a flat rock somehow suspended in mid-air …

We met Rona for the next leg of the journey in Aukland, before boarding a flight to Christchurch. We stayed in the jailhouse for the night. It was quite a strange place to say the least. It was, as you may have guessed, an old Jail which had been modified into a hostel. It was a great idea, but the place didn't have a great atmosphere, which we …

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 …

... at every turn (Usually Possums), it is absolutely crazy - Homer would never have had a chance. Anyway, we eventually arrived at Pancake rocks. They are so called because due to millions of years of erosion etc the rocks look like stacks of Pancakes. I ...

... the ferocity of the ocean still fascinated me. Just a few kilometres further on, we came across a mass of campervans at the Pancake Rocks carpark. This attraction is the most overhyped one in New Zealand, and I downplayed it so that Mum and Stu ...

... on the maple tree close by had turned a brilliant red and Jason attached one to the rear wiper blade. We made the Punakaiki Pancake Rocks our lunch stop and were impressed by the scenery and setup.  These tall towers rise sharply from the sea and ...

... , but driving dosen't get more beautiful than this, so not too bad a way to spend the day. We stopped of at the amazing Pancake Rocks, for an awesome break in the journey. The rocks at Punakaiki are formed to into what looks likes piles of pancakes, an ...

... in London, and also booking my flights to Brisbane before the sale ended. Punakaiki's most famous attraction is the Pancake Rocks, so-called because a weathering process (called stylobedding apparently) has created rocks that look like stacks of thin ...

... 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 ...

... little ones. After this stop we drove along the coast taking in the amazing scenery until we came to the famous Punakaiki (Pancake) Rocks. Another nice spot for taking heaps of pictures (yes, I have a camera and pictures will be posted hopefully soon). ...

Leaving the bikepackers we saw loads of cyclists Nelson Lakes (walked 1st one) Westport a very small town that shut at 4pm Truman(?) Coastal walk Pancake Rocks Unimpressed with Greymouth Neptune Hostel ($18) OK but net exp at $1 per ...

... was pressing we moved on and decided not to go for the trip again in the afternoon. We drove up to Punakaiki to see the Pancake rocks, a group of limestone rocks that have, over time, formed into what looks like a stack of thin pancakes. When the tide ...

... she made to her daddy for Christmas and doesn't want to write what it is!) Phew! Day 10: This morning we drove to the Pancake Rocks - a rock formation which really does look like a pile of pancakes all on top of each other. It was quite a nice ...