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Greymouth Slideshow
Greymouth
Travel Blogs from Greymouth, New Zealand
Touring with Dora and Ron
My sister Dora and brother in law Ron visited from Canada and we toured mostly around the South Island with them. more photos and stories to ...
Oooh ffffffffffffffffFREEZING!
... not being able to work out how to use a key and forgetting where i was so i'm not too sure how she can justify using this new phrase of hers! Anyways i'm off now, i have a pasta lunch waiting for me at the hostel thanks to naomi the chef and a wee ...
Greymouth
Heute morgen geht es von Christchurch aus mit dem Trans-Alpin-Train ueber die neuseelaendischen Alpen von der Ost- an die Westkueste der Suedinsel. Die Fahrt beginnt mit grauem Himmel, der so richtig nach Regen aussieht. Die in der ...
Oooo, ohh, the Magic Bus!
... TO HOP ON BOARD- FOR FREE!!!!! Now, the Magic Bus is a tour company for travlers like me- young and free, looking to see New Zealand (somewhat quickly) and meet others on route- oh and the theme of Magic Bus is basically to PARTY! Not exactly what I was ...
Hanmer Springs to Greymouth
... Westport and Greymouth, were one hundred years ago boom towns, initially with gold and then coal. The recent coal-mine disaster in New Zealand was in this area and it joins many others in the last 150 years or so. Reefton was really put on the map ...
Glaciers
En Franz Josef solo nos quedamos un par de dias para hacer una excursion a los glaciares. El Dirko al final no pudo ir porque tenia mal el pie y la caminata era como unas 7 horas con todo el equipamiento y los crampones, asi que el se quedo con Regis y ...
Pancakes and Blowholes
... each and woolly hats to keep us warm before we headed north bound for Punakaiki. The great thing about driving around in rural New Zealand is that away from the main towns/villages it's really easy to pick up beautiful fresh produce at half the price it ...
But first I have to ride the train...
... weather and the views were great and the travelling companions good company. Four and a half hours later myself and bike were in Greymouth and after a lunch stop, off we set on the road south down the west coast. I had originally planned to go north ...
Another town, another raindrop.
... this is all we do) to an odd little dive, where jugs of beer were half price and the bar lady was doing what appeared to be cocaine in the loo. we didn't stay long... Out of Greymouth and onto Franz Joseph... Our fingers were crossed for the sky ...
Starting on the South Island
... Westland, as it's called, can be pretty rotten but we were blessed with gorgeous sunshine. Neil was straight in the garden of our Greymouth hostel to catch some rays. Global Village is our favourite hostel so far in NZ and maybe of the trip - loads of ...
Glaciers in the jungle
In New Zealand, the wow-o-meter is never far off "eleven", but the glacier at Franz Josef is pretty amazing. At the start of the walk you're near the coast in a tropical rain forest and two kms later you're staring at a huge blue glacier grinding its way ...
TransAlpine (or Transatlantic as I call it)
... find a sneaky way of getting our seats to face looking out of the window (no one else did!), so we had an awesome view! Greymouth itself is not the most exciting of destinations, but the hostel we stayed in was so cool it made up for it! It was ...
Best hostel in the world (south island category)
... out of time we decided to travel from the east coast of the island to the west coast in one go, planning to stay in Greymouth. It proved to be breathtaking views as we drove accross the alps that run down the middle of the island. We're getting quite ...
Musings from the hostel
... the opportunity to write emails and read. The hostel is really lovely – one of the nicest I’ve stayed at in New Zealand – heck, perhaps even one of the nicest from my travels to date – full of warmth and character. The owner seems ...
Greymouth
... in New Zealand. We then made the last leg of the journey for the day and we arrived into Greymouth. Greymouth itself lacked everything the rest of New Zealand had to offer, however the people of Greymouth were obviously aware of this and had made ...
Big Village, Short Stay
After an epic day's kayaking we set out towards the west coast of the South Island without any real plans, surprise surprise. As we were all knackered after the days activities and with Clivo at the helm we thought that any town would do. The ...
Aldofi and the Beer Factory
On out way to Hokitika we made a short stop in Greymouth to check out Monteiths Brewery -the best short stop we've made in a while. The tour was cool we started with sniffing the hops which we were informed was a cousin of the marijuana plant. Al could ...
Jan 25, 2011
Kia ora Kiwiland!
... at the hostel, but did manage to briefly sample a bit of Greymouth nightlife - dinner and a couple of drinks at Irish bar Danny Doolans - before continuing southwards to Fox Glacier in the morning. Impressions of New Zealand so far: awesome, bring it ...
The Wild West Coast
... although it has under 10,000 residents is the largest on the West Coast. It is most famous as the start of New Zealand's most gruelling sporting event, the 239 km Coast-to-Coast race involving running, cycling and kayaking, which commands huge media ...
TranzAlpine
This is a top pick! ... definately beats the northern line and Thameslink scenery I can tell you!!! The TranzAlpine is world renowned as 'The Great New Zealand Rail Adventure'. One minute you are surrounded by mountains with snow and the next with huge patchwork farmlands with ...
Junailemalla Greymouthiin
Uudessa-Seelannissa siis ollaan nyt kolmatta päivää. Aamulla taas kerran sika aikanen herätys ja hostellillta minivanilla stoge-asemalle. Meil on täälläkin etukäteen ostettu dösäpassi ja päästiin tänään käyttämään kysistä passia myös ...
Our West Coast Journey to Queenstown
... it was like a real deep mustard colour, it's something to do with the water! It was definitely a sight we didn't expect to see in New Zealand as it was a bit like Fiji. We made it back to Torrent Bay and caught the water taxi at 2.30 pm back to ...
Abel Tasman National Park to Greymouth
No update - Just photos Sorry guys - the photos are there now... ...
Greymouth
Just some pictures from my trip to greymouth. All in all it wasn't to bad. It was not as snowy as i expected it to be but that was alright. Anyway, just check it ...
Snow Train
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 ...