Greymouth Bed and Breakfasts - Reviews and Rates

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD !!!

The "old-man" had a real breakfast... "Full Scottish" -again ;)

Packed up everything and was on the road by 9:30... 40mins down the road, had to U-turn and head back, (forgotton something).

Road up to Nelson was a little sunnier but fairly quiet. Detoured through Westport for lunch. Arrived in Nels...

Wasn't a whole pile happenin in Greymouth really but we did get to stay in a cool hostel which had a fire and cool rooms. Shaun won the rock-paper-scissors to get the double bed so I wasn't too impressed with that. We went to a old gold mining town close to there the next day and got to pan for gold which was kinda cool. They had a jail and all ...

So last time we updated we were in Queenstown, where we were also trying to hook up with my two girlies from college, Mairead and Suzanne. But as neither of us had a mobile we were trying to communicate by email, very hard to do when you are travelling around. As things transpired, we just missed Maired on the way back from Milford Sound, as she...

Not much to Greymouth really. The west coast of New Zealand has a slight red neck feel to it and Greymouth is no different. All very isolated towns with not a lot going on. We did a tour of the local brewery which could have been interesting except the brewery wasn't operating as it was being renovated. Still we did get twenty minutes where we h...

Currently in Hokitika, about an hour south of Greymouth, on my way down to the Glaciers. Hokitika is a tiny little town but there are a lot of glassblowing and jade shops everywhere, which is pretty interesting since you can watch the artists at work. Shortly we'll be heading towards Ross, which is a goldmining town that is estimated to be sitti...

I got to Greymouth with Marina, we both thought it was a horrible town, thoroughly deserving the term Grey, which was the name of the river that leads through the town and into the sea, hence Greymouth. The river also provides the water for the Montieths Brewery, which was an unexpected jem in this otherwise drab town. Commencing the tour at 11:...

The North Island blew my friggen mind, plain and simple. Its mild climates, volcanic "wonderland" and, well basically everything worked VERY well together. But everyone kept insisting: The South Island is much better! If the North left me with this great degree of satisfaction as it did, I couldn't wait to experience the lands of the south. Badd...

Sunday, March 26 ================ It's off to the west coast. We get off to an early start, stopping for coffee in a countryside cafe. About mid way across the South Island we reach Arthur's Pass. Once there, we opted to stop to a short hike through the rain to one of the many water falls. After the short and wet hike we continued on to Jackson,...

Spent 6 days at the Dunnolie Ranch (18-22), yet another helpx adventure. Two lovely hosts, took us 5 or 6 wwoofs to the beach and on to the Pancake Rocks, at night to see the glow worms (and a very disturbed goat that was tied up by the ditch we waded through to get to the worm dwellings), bbq-ed and I did mostly gardening, which suited me just ...

Je n'ai pas peur de la route Faudrait voir, faut qu'on y goûte Des méandres au creux des reins Et tout ira bien là Le vent nous portera .... Génetique en bandouillère Des chromosomes dans l'atmosphère Des taxis pour les galaxies Et mon tapis volant dis ? Le vent l'emportera Tout disparaîtra mais Le vent nous portera The path from Westport to Gre...