Greymouth, New Zealand Travel Blogs

West Side
Jan 17, 2005

Hundreds of k's later I'm in Greymouth. I stopped in Te Anau a few nights back to say my goodbyes and also got two Christmas cards because IEP forgot to cut off my mail. I headed to Queenstown for what I thought would be about three days, but ended ...

Nelson Lakes and Pancake Rocks
Nov 18, 2005

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 10mins

Greymouth
Apr 8, 2007

... the journey to Franz Josef as our AA map route planner had said it would take 7 hours just to get from Kaikora to Greymouth - it actually took 4 hours! The journey was spectacular though, and we went the Lewis Pass route not the much lorded Arthur's Pass. ...

I'm Alive...
Jan 30, 2005 (9 photos)

... left towards Arthurs Pass village, where all the hikes begin. Arrived at the huge information center which explained about the pass. New Zealand has many mountains separating it's east and west coast. East coast'ers searched for gold and jade which was ...

Chapter 10: My legs hurt.
Nov 19, 2003 (10 photos)

... afternoon to climb Mt. Victoria, which has great views of the whole region. The walk up was fun and only mildly taxing, but in typical New Zealand fashion the skies opened up on the way down, so by the time I got back to my room I was soaked even though I ...

The Tranz Alpine
Oct 7, 2004 (2 photos)

... having such an interesting conversation that we didn't pay a huge amount of attention to the passing scenery. On arrival in Greymouth the sun was shining brightly. Greymouth was actually looking quite nice, it's actually a pretty good name 'cos most of ...

Greymouth
Nov 24, 2008 (5 photos)

... it was a good tour. Lots of backpackers did the tour and it was a good way to meet people. Australia was playing New Zealand that evening in the final of the Rugby League World Cup so we stayed on in the bar to watch the ...

Watching the Show
Jul 17, 2005 (13 photos)

... uplift that has hauled the whole thing up above sea level (the same uplift that continues to push up the Southern Alps.) I arrived in Greymouth around mid afternoon and checked in to the Top 10. It was a good one too, warm (ish), clean and with a ...

Lemon - Transport of The Future
Feb 15, 2005

... roads, with the occassional passing lane - motorways are limited to the big cities! Buller Gorge) has the longest swingbridge in New Zealand, and I was persuaded to take the "Superman" option to return. The walk across was nice enough - looking down on ...

Blazing through
Aug 20, 2009 (26 photos)

... platform snapping photos and wishing I had a better camera. I reached Christchurch in the evening. I have four more days in the Garden City to explore it more and relax. Christchurch is my favorite city in New Zealand, so I'm glad for the extra time here.

Glaciation
Dec 2, 2003 (1 photos)

... cold. Much more impressed by the maple syrup pancakes in the cafe across the road. Had enough of the bad weather, drove for four hours to Nelson via Buller Gorge and the longest swing bridge in New Zealand. *******************************************

West Coast
Mar 27, 2006 (4 photos)

... of the "blink if you miss it" variety, abandoned rail stations, closed quarries and mines, things like that. Greymouth was easily the most boring stop in New Zealand so far. I only spent one night and even that was probably too long, but it did break up ...

Meeting New Playmates
Apr 1, 2003 (22 photos)

... . You know what they say about one mans' junk being another mans' treasure. Next, Mirium, Erin and I drove down to Greymouth and checked into the Global Village backpacker. Here I am sure we annoyed the very patient and accomodating owner to no end by ...

Road Trip - Arrowtown - Fox Glacier - Greymouth
Feb 12, 2008 (29 photos)

... and lo and behold when we got up the next morning, the sun was beaming down. So we took our time heading back to Greymouth, where we are getting the Tranzalpine train across to Christchurch. The drive back down was gorgeous and we went to a seal colony at ...

Poo pub
Mar 24, 2008 (32 photos)

Leaving the action packed town of Westport behind, we board the party bus again and make our way towards Greymouth. What I actually really like about the kiwi bus is that you stop at places you wouldn't normally know is there. We stopped for a walk and saw ...

Greymouth
Jan 14, 2008

I arrived to Greymouth to the Duke backpackers just to discover that one of my friend from Israel was there without me knowing that. We always say that Israel is a small place but NZ, this is just amazing.

Glow worms(nearly)
May 24, 2007

...  a viewing platform in the middle carriage of the train, which was awesome while we could stand the cold!  Arriving in Greymouth, the west coasts largest town (!), I had booked onto a tour to go cave rafting and visit the glow worms that live ...

Greymouth
Aug 15, 2007 (43 photos)

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 ...

poo
Nov 19, 2008 (70 photos)

so i am not sure exactly where i stayed this night.... it's kind of close to greymouth i guess...but i stayed at this random little hostel on the side of the road and there was absoultely nothing else there besides the hostel and the pub attached to it.& ...

The South Island - Picton to Greymouth
Aug 11, 2009 (22 photos)

... set up camp here for the night before heading to Anakiwa - the town at the start of the Queen Charlotte Track, one of New Zealand's Great Walks. Unfortunately, the full walk is three whole days long, and because we had the campervan we couldn't commit to ...

Greymouth - Why?
Feb 18, 2008

There is absolutely nothing in this town!!  Why oh why did we stop here??

Greymouth
Mar 14, 2007

Time to float through a cave on a tube...

The Bill
Oct 24, 2005 (6 photos)

... discover we could see snow capped mountains in the distance and we were beginning to discover the unique landscape that makes New Zealand's south island so beautiful. Everyone touring New Zealand spends more time in the south island than the north, and ...

Snow Train
Jun 25, 2007 (8 photos)

Greymouth is a pleasant enough town. an old cole and gold mining town. the town center was pretty cool to stroll around, with jsut random old artifacts from its mining history scattered about all over the place,. providing some pretty cool, and in some ...

What a dive!
Feb 23, 2007

Today we left Hokitika and drove to Greymouth, which was a drive... even the McDonalds was like somthing that came out of your rear end! So we gladly continued our journey to the Pancake Rocks, Punakaiki National Park.

Transalpine Train...
Nov 6, 2006

... i was workn there so didnt bother sayn nethin to her. Glad to sleep acturally and not pay any heed to her. hehe. So in greymouth didnt see much either.. had about 40 mins there, so had a bita a wander in the spitting rain.. got to see the inside of a ...

Greymouth
Dec 26, 2006 (7 photos)

We are in Greymouth for one night an we saw some interesting coastline and rock formations along the way.  Greymouth is a mining and hunting town with a population of about 12000.  It is a stop towards our destination, Franz Josef where we will ...

Greymouth
Nov 7, 2006 (5 photos)

Still raining as you can see from the pics! We visit the pancake rocks and then arrive in Greymouth for a brewery tour, bbq and pub crawl where we make friends with a dwarf who likes to dance with fully grown men on his shoulders... and a maori woman who ...

Christchurh -> Greymouth -> Franz Josef
Nov 15, 2006 (34 photos)

... by TranzAlphine, conveniently in front of YMCA.  Train departure time in CHC was 8.15am and arrival in Greymouth was 12.45 pm. TranzAlphine is rated as one of the world's great scenic railway journeys!  ...

Nelson - Greymouth
Apr 4, 2006 (17 photos)

... why, but for some reason everybody seemed to have signed up for a night of culture, learning the traditional brewing techniques of New Zealand. It surely couldn't have anything to do with the free samples that had been promised at the end of it, could it? ...