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Greymouth Slideshow
Greymouth
Travel Blogs from Greymouth, New Zealand
Greymouth
... 's glacier as well as some scenic lake side stops for picnics. We spent our first night of the road trip in Greymouth - the weather was ironically very grey! The highlights were top notch fesh and cheps (local pronounciation!) and the backpackers ...
Greymouth, what a place!
We took the train from Christchurc to greymouth. It was amazing. The views you get along the way are amazing! You go through valleys up mountains and along the banks of rivers. It is winter here now so most of the mountains are covered with snow! It was ...
South Island Adventures
... in the park. The water is as blue as the waters in the Caribbean and the golden sand beaches are amazing. Next we travelled to Greymouth, which as our giude informed us is a "one night town". But, in that one night, we went on the Monteith's ...
Greymouth
OK, i´m going to have to rush through this. The west coast of NZ is incredible. We drove practically in the sea. The surf is huge and unrelenting. We had bad coffee. After the amazing drive we popped into 2 glaciers. Unfortunately, 2 ...
Staying at the Hilton
... unlikely you'll see Paris here, unless she's doing a show called " the simple life goes to a rundown former mining village, which is almost a ghosttown, but does have a humourously named hotel and was the town where the New Zealand Labor party was ...
Buses and Ferries and Trains Oh My!
Hi All, Greetings from Greymouth -- a tiny little nowhere-place on the west coast of the beautiful South Island! I have lots of updates for you from my last posting, so here goes... On the 25th, I travelled south by bus to Wellington. It was rainy ...
The Abel Tasman Experience
... with a nice long soak before showering and walking for pizza and beer for dinner (the best way to end a backpacking trip.) Greymouth is a one horse town, but it's a launching off point for several places. Weathere permitting I hope to drive through ...
Still in transit
... few more South Asians are needed to make the place bustling. The evening in Greymouth was spent watching the rugby match between Australia and New Zealand. NZ won. Yay! The night was spent in a dodgy car park in town as the traffic wardens don't work on ...
Greymouth
... cool-although i cried like a right girl watching it!!! If you get to see it, check out the scenery as it was filmed in New Zealand and it shows pretty much exactly what it looks like!!! Once the film finished we headed back to our hostel and got up ...
The Name Says it all
... i went to buy a magazine, only to find they have zero music magazines in stock. They do however have several copies of "New Zealand Pig Hunter". Having decided we have nothing in common with the peaople of Greymouth we were glad to leave hte next ...
Pancake Rocks
... rocks - they are a strange geological formation - and it was good to see them despite the rain!! We then continued on to Greymouth - which unfortunately was grey and wet, however we did go to the Jade Boulder Gallery, which I feel is the best place to ...
The Wild West Coast of the South Island
... deprivation. Vaughn had his first night terror the night before, which was startling for everyone. We then pushed on to Greymouth, not much of a town, but good for a few zzz's. Today, Nelson. We are all ready to get out of ...
Day 7 - First Day with the Sideca
... enjoy the Ocean - it is very cold and windy just now so I am waiting until morning to take pictures. We are right on the beach at the end of the Greymouth airport runway :) Exciting! WE will be here two nights then off to Fox Glacier. ...
Train to Greymouth
Up early this morning from our apartment in Christchurch for the train ride to Greymouth. I ended up sitting across from a friendly Swedish girl also backpacking, so we shared itineraries and plans. THe train ride was long, but gorgeous views, ...
Kayaking and Glow worms
... canoes and explored the river, this reminded us of our time in Kuching, Borneo with the rainforests either side of us, being New Zealand it was a lot colder though! Komilla discovered (in her single kayak) she was quite good at navigating her kayak. Raj ...
Greymouth and Arthur's Pass
... in the photos but the sky was amazing none the less and we had a lovely walk. That was until we got lost! Only a short detour though! There wasn't much else in Greymouth itself so we didn't stick around the next day, we just headed on down the West ...
The Wild West Coast
Well, so far we've only seen snow on the mountains rooftops! We were told that it's been a mild winter and usually there's snow everywhere. Some people are still wearing shorts with a heavier jacket. Our drive has been very scenic with the rocky ...
Canadians and Americans
... . So he offered me a lift. Fantastic drive up the coast ... lots of hills and trees and shit .... awesome. got to greymouth in the evening and in the morning I decided I just needed to haul ass back to Australia. Otherwise leaving would be to hard ...
The West Coast
... settlement, but famous for the Pancake Rocks and Blow Holes, (we missed the blowing as the tide was out!). Greymouth - a town for train enthusiasts as it is the stopping point TranzAlpine Train, which crosses over Arthurs Pass, apparently one of ...
New Zealand
Hello all! We absolutely love it here in New Zealand! We flew into Auckland, rented a car, and drove all the way down the middle of the north island! it is so nice to have our car carry our backpacks! it is so green here, tons of farms, rolling hills, ...
The beginning of the west coast
... found all over the area. We also spent an evening hiking along a beach where jade washes ashore. The day spent in Greymouth was a little anti-climatic as we waited for the campervan to have a minor repair, but we're heading off for the ...
Magic in the South Island
... taking a scenic flight over various locations for the film but instead decided to hit the water in a jet-boat. Jet-boats were a New-Zealand invention for rivers such as river Makarora, propulsion is via jets of water that is sucked in at the front and ...
Brewery Tour
Back on the Magic bus - next stop Greymouth. Few kodak moments along the way but nothing too exciting. Stayed in Neptune Backpackers which was a really cool hostel (shame we were only there the evening!). Went to Monteith's Brewery tour where our $20 got ...
Through Greymouth
I didn't actually stop here, i just passed through to get onto the train, but don't think greymouth is the nicest place anyway so i didn't miss ...
Hi!
Howdy ho! I have about 3 minutes left on this internet so I thought I'd say hi. For some reason my Visa card shit out on me... that's a bit strange!! Oh well. I took a train from Christchurch to here today and oh my goodness gracious, it was such a ...
Running on empty
... a time (which only lasts us two days so we're in a grocery store every few days now) oh well. Then we left for Greymouth, straight south of Westport. When we drove through Westport this morning it was no longer a ghost town, but there was still not much ...