Barrytown, New Zealand Travel Blogs

Viva Baz Vegas!
Oct 26, 2008 (79 photos)

... them in their own environment, just lounging around on the rocks. Really cool. We then arrived at our overnight accommodation in Barrytown, the All Nations Pub. As we approached, there were a load of bikers outside, drinking and just looking hard. You ...

'Baz Vegas'
Dec 7, 2004 (2 photos)

... as if we've travelled for days along a senseless route when we haven't. We spent tonight in the middle of nowhere - a place called Barrytown on the West Coast known by a few of the locals as 'Baz Vegas'. We'd travelled a good seven hours down the West ...

Barrytown
Dec 12, 2007

Today we arrived in the tiny world of Barrytown. It only has 40 inhabitants and we were staying in the local pub! After a lovely Kiwi roast dinner it was soon time to start the party which was themed as bad taste for the girls and drag for the boys (they ...

Knife Making!
Feb 24, 2007 (5 photos)

Today we made a knife with our teachers Steven and his wife Robyn..... Our starter kit consisted of a piece of steel, some wood, a couple of pins and a bit of brass.... and ta'da: A knife it created! The day was fantastic, we got to forge our ...

Knife Making in Barrytown
Jan 15, 2008 (8 photos)

First of all thank to Noem and Tal for showing me the opportunity. I decide to go and make me self a knife without really knowing what to expect. It was a nice day of good work and fun with all the people that came and in the end I get my own unique ...

Barrytown and bone carving.
Nov 17, 2008 (15 photos)

... , no shop, one pub which is also a hostel.  It did however have some interesting scenery, mainly the hottest bloke i've seen in new zealand! He lieved in a converted bus and was well beautiful! My oh my, i was quite happy to spend my evening chatting to ...

Barrytown
Mar 1, 2008 (6 photos)

Entry to follow!

Sky Divin' - Finally
May 20, 2009 (50 photos)

... and play killer - the pool game - which is crap as the bitches are there and, quite frankly, we don't like them. Great day - great times - New Zealand is starting to pull ahead in the New Zealand v Oz stakes. On my iPod Free fallin' - Tom Petty

Small town.
Jan 18, 2009 (14 photos)

... the Buller Gorge to the 'wild' West Coast, where it rained all day it was absolutely pouring!! Stayed in a historic hotel in Barrytown near Punakaiki, and had a party where I wore make up and got dressed up, but only a few drinks. This is one of the ...

Cross-Dressed Party- 2nd Prize!
Jun 17, 2009 (24 photos)

Head south through the Buller Gorge to the 'wild' West Coast. Tonight we stay in a historic hotel in Barrytown near Punakaiki, one of the most beautiful spots along the coast. We make stops on the way for the Westport seal colony, to explore the awesome ...

The Barrytown Blues or A Cricket's Last Mistake
Mar 28, 2006

... pounds up to your head and thuds around until a louder, heavier one overrides it? Imagine feeling like that in Barrytown. I was ill. I spent nearly a whole day shifting around on a bad mattress sweating and shivering, making feverishly elaborate self ...

Bazvegas
Sep 26, 2005 (3 photos)

Spent the last two nights at the All Nations Hotel in Barrytown - population 37...Yep itīs a really happening place. Actually there was a rave somewhere local on Saturday night but drum n bass really isnīt my scene so I gave it a miss, as did almost everyone ...

Basvegas - remind me why are we here again?
Dec 2, 2007 (39 photos)

... of a new world hardly ever explored.  However, the reality behind the slogan isn't always quite that idylic...  Barrytown, warrants about 50 words in the Lonely Planet guide - for a reason.  You probably wouldn't want to stop ...

Baz Vegas
Dec 16, 2007 (6 photos)

... stop seems to be only about getting hammered. The town is tiny and you stay in a bar/hotel place where interestingly enough, you get half price drink if you dress up as a woman. Naturally we obliged. Definitely one of the best nights in New Zealand.

Black Bag Party
Dec 22, 2003 (1 photos)

Don't ask! This is the highlight of the evening in Barrytown - designing costumes out of black bin liners. There isn't much else to do here!

Barrytown
Jan 27, 2008

... a 30 minute walk along the Cape foulwind coast and managed to see some seals basking in the sunshine on the rocks below. Arrived in Barrytown around 5pm and stayed the night in a pub. It was a good night with the guys dressing up in womens clothes and the ...

The west coast, Barrytown and bone carving
Mar 17, 2009 (23 photos)

... scenery!! (the first place being Nepal...) ------------------------------------- Resume francais Et nous voila repartis! Nous allons vers Barrytown en descendant sur la cote Ouest. Cette route a ete votee une des 10 plus belles ...

They got Little Hands
Oct 31, 2007

... road through temperate rainforest.  Stopped many times to see incredible rocks in the water, like the pancake rocks.  In Barrytown, I had supper, drank a beer and slept.  Oh yeah, met a great dog called Jake.  He was much bigger than ...

The real New Zealand
Aug 6, 2005 (1 photos)

... which has eroded it and caused blow holes to be formed (didn't think it was as impressive as Kiama though). We arrived at Barrytown, a village with about 10 houses, a pub and a school. The backpackers was linked to the pub, we met the landlady Ma who ...

Bone Carving
Nov 29, 2008 (2 photos)

entry coming - camera currently out of commission

Weather With You - Part 4
Jan 24, 2007 (15 photos)

Taupo 15th January Arrived in Taupo yesterday; once again New Zealand scenery out does itself; a gorgeous lake (that's actually an active volcano) and beautiful mountains. The town itself is OK; a few nice bars and restaurants, but generally its typical ...

Barrytown and pink costumes
Jan 28, 2009

Had a long drive today, but stopped in several places. We saw the Southern Alps, Wall Island (where there is a seal colony), Irmahuwhero Viewpoint and the Pancake Rocks. In Barry town we had a Kiwi roast dinner (much like ours but they use sweet potato ...

what a place name!
Feb 10, 2007 (2 photos)

mmmmmmm. barry!

Bone Carving
Mar 31, 2008 (9 photos)

... These creations along with the blowholes were crazy to look at.  The backpacker bus next stop was at the tiny town of Barrytown which we double the population of as soon as we step off the bus.   We all went to the beach down the ...

Sheath Making
Oct 20, 2007

I began work on my sheath this morning by producing a practice covering out of vinyl, working with different stitches to test which would be best, using studs to see their effect in situ and basically decide upon the eventual make-up of the finished ...

Finishing the Sheath
Oct 20, 2007

I checked on the duck this morning to find that it had died in the night.  Robyn said that she had expected that to happen, because Nipper had bitten down hard and because the leg had been dangling so uselessly.  She said that there had probably ...

Knife Making
Sep 30, 2007

... bit of steel, a scratty bit of rough wood and some lumps of brass.  This, I was cheerfully told by Steven (who is Barrytown's resident knife-making guru), would be my knife at the end of the day.  I will admit that I was a little perplexed - ...

The Tranzalpine - Arthur's Pass
Oct 19, 2007

... , my original paln being to see if I could sneak up to Picton on the Stray bus, but I was invited to go back to Barrytown by Robyn and Steven, so I decided to do that instead.  Unfortunately I will not be able to make a sword because Steven is away, ...

Barrytown
Jan 18, 2008

... "Hmmm, Barrytown", she said, "I've lived here all my life and I've never heard of that place". Thus our introduction to Barrytown. About half an hour later, we pull up to the only bar in Barrytown, which also serves as the only hostel in Barrytown ...

Barrytown
Jul 17, 2008 (10 photos)

... the tide is right, the sea surges into caverns below and booms intimidatingly through blowholes. The rocks are fascinating to see. Barrytown has a population of 40! Once a gold-mining village it is now nothing. We stayed at the only pub where they ...