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Greymouth Slideshow
Greymouth
Travel Blogs from Greymouth, New Zealand
Cool Glaciers & a grey mouth
... (!!), then drive through many twisty bits to lovely(!?!?) town of Greymouth. Stroll along river to the Dolphin Watch (AKA a signal box!!) – how bizarre!! Buy some tasty Monteiths bottles, park up at Greymouth Seaside Holiday Park & watch ...
Jade searching on a quick night stop
... sounded like he was dying in his sleep. We all woke up laughing and then throw stuff at him. The next day in Greymouth I rented bikes with my German friend. We took a short ride to the beach to comb for green stone or “jade.” The ...
Planaenderung Teil 2 - Der Spass wird noch besser
... , denn der hoechste Berg dieses Paradieses, Mt. Cook, wird angeschaut, bevor es dann wieder nach Christchurch und dann nach Greymouth parallel rueber geht... JUHHuuuuh... Ich freu mich schon riesig... Das wird nen Spass und dann ist der Bus auch noch sooo ...
Glacier in the rain
A relatively short journey of a couple of hundred kms through stunning rain forest from Greymouth down to the village of Franz Joseph. This is glacier country, with the two most famous 20km apart - Franz Joseph Glacier and Fox Glacier. It was chucking it ...
Out of track
On the road again from sandy Nelson to funky Greymouth Old mining country last November 29 miners aged between 17 and 62 lost their lives at Pike River Coal mine. Coal, sheeps and a home so far away from home sleepless in sleepy Dunollie West Coast wet ...
Stunning West Coast
... 've talked to quite a few travelers eating in restaurants and they have said nothing has been all that special. Several people from New Zealand have griped that the country exports all the good products and leaves them the crap for about 50% more than we ...
Tranzalpine
... on to the train towards Greymouth. The train is known as the tranzalpine route it goes through the canterbury plains then the new zealand alps! the scenery is absoutely breathtaking! The train took 4 hours but it went pretty quickly, every stop we made ...
To jsme ale poskočili!
... by to byla škoda, že bysme nic z tý krásy neviděli. Dostali jsme se k prvnímu surfspotu na westcoastu - Greymouth. Cestou jsme se jenom, jako správní turisti, zastavili u ledovců Fox a Franz Jozef, a to bude sousto pro Leguána, ...
Greymouth - visiting Amber and Adam
Greymouth - Visiting Amber and Adam on the West coast, amazing wild coast and pancake rocks at Punakaiki. Totally loving rock band on wii and not playing that much (!!!) ...
Blaketown!
... and popular spots. It was bright and sunny and we wished we could've spent a little more time in Christchurch. Everywhere we go in New Zealand the flags have been at half mast for the miners. The funeral for them was the other day and we see evidence of ...
Poo Party
... for us all to re create our university days and get dressed up. The day started with a nice walk on the west coast near Greymouth, it was national hug a ginger day in NZ today so myself, Johnny and the other Tom received a lot of love from people on the ...
Franz Josef, Greymouth, Trans Alpine Train end of
... and the starting point of the Trans-scenic alpine train ride, which allegedly ranks among the best in the wold, according to New Zealand. The hostel I stayed at, was fantastic, called Global Village. Free bike use, kayaks, and a fantastic laid out hostel ...
Greymouth
Nach einer 8 stündigen Busfahrt und einem Besuch bei einer Seehunde Kolonie, sind wir endlich in Greymouth angekommen. Am Abend ging es dann gleich zur Montheits Bierbrauerei Besichtigung mit Bierdegustation (kenne ich zwar schon, da wir dieses Bier ab ...
Nelson to Greymouth
Today was again mainly a travel day with a few stops at some little beaches and cliffs etc. Then before we got into Greymouth, I got off the bus and went Quad biking. Was absolutely brilliant. The place was called On Yer Bike(www.onyerbike.co.nz) and you ...
The Trans-Alpine railway
... places to see. A month is not really enough and I arrived late. As a result this has turned into a blitz-tour of New Zealand. Today I leave Christchurch and take the trans-alpine railway to the west coast settlement of Greymouth. This is said to be ...
Montieths Brewery Tour
... were smelly,apparently they don’t wash. We saw a guy that looks exactly like Alex and took pics of him. Our destination was Greymouth, we had one night there and the only thing to do was the brewery tour, we all started the day swearing we ...
A Very Long Drive, Part II
... wasn't ideal weather, I was glad I made it to see them. (again, sorry about not having photos. Still not sure why i can't upload. I will definitely add them once I get home, if not sooner). Continuing south, I made my way to Greymouth. ...
Choo choo
We visited Shanty Town at Greymouth which was supposed to be like Beamish at home, but a little disappointing! We did manage to find some working steam trains there though - ta da! So Alex bagged himself a lift in the cab of this wee steam ...
That beginning of a new era!
Wow what a whirlwind few days. Martin and I finished work on Friday. Was an interesting day for me and I give credit to those who spent their valuable time filling my office with over 300 balloons! A truly memorable parting! Thank you to Wharenui and ...
Day 26, South Island, New Zealand
Travelled south down the west coast from Westport to Greymouth, the coastal stretch of this road is considered by Lonely Planet as one of the top ten drives in the world, and really that says it all - it was the most impressive coastal road that we have ...
Rain rain go away!!!
Was mostly a traveling day for us as we traveled between Nelson and Greymouth where we stayed the night. The landscape has been steadily changing and if not for the grey skies and occasional downpours, I'm sure the drive would have been beautiful. From ...
Black water rafting
Pictures from black water rafting trip in Greymouth (New Zealand, south island).... Follow link... ...
Nelson to Geymouth
To start the day my hosts suggested walking up to "The Centre of New Zealand" - a hill just behind the B&B where great views could be had across the town and beyond. I took this offer up and headed out for what I assumed was Nelson's version of ...