Greymouth Hostels - Reviews and Rates

I kept going along the west coast line till I got to the city of Greymouth. There's nothing much to do there but I had to stop and say hello at the Duke Backpackers - A backpacker lodge managed by Shoshy & Dori, an Israeli couple that live there for quite a few years. From there I turned east and went up the norhtern alps towards Arthur's Pass.

Punakaiki Another great stop along the way to the Abel Tasman area! We stopped for a quick half hour walk, took pictures and went to the bathroom. I will cut and paste what I googled on Punakaiki and the pancake rocks. If we were there at the right time, it would have been even better to see the blowholes, but it was still a great sight nonethel...

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD!!!!! LIKE OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD!!!! As you can see my usual eloquence has failed me and I have been reduced to using God's name in vain in capital letters as I am censoring all the swear words!!! I can't believe we got more than one third majority!! Yeah I am in support of the opposition, of COURSE! In your ...

Still buzzing from the bungy, we continued north from Queenstown towards Arrowtown, a small village who's charm comes from it's village centre being lined with traditional old wooden buildings, in a spaghetti western stylee - the only problem being that all these buildings now housed shops geared up for tourists. However as we had come to expect...

DAY 11 - March 11th Sunday Headed south toward Greymouth, but made a slight diversion to Clifton to see the Grove. It was everything promised. The Grove is on a hillside above a cow pasture. Rock formations with ferns and native vines. Took many pictures. Stan and Jenny told us the best time would be Christmas, since the vines blossom with brigh...

We drove right up the west coast to a place that's famous for its 'pancake rocks' - they do have lots of bizarre rocks here. The rocks are massive and they have no idea why they're shaped the way they are. They all rise out of the sea forming blowholes in between them. It's pretty hard to describe and we took pictures on the disposable camera so...

It is fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffreee eezing in the land of NZ, I had three covers on my bed last nite and i still did a wee shiver every hour... brrr! So, NZ is pretty ace so far, last night I had something that i haven't had since i left home and it has just about made my week, for last night i had a bath, a boiling hot bath with bubbl...

After a 3 hour drive along the west coast we arrived in Greymouth. Despite being the biggest town on the west coast there wasn't much to do here. We were here for 2 days anyway to meet up with our friends Jane and Dave from back home, who would be there the next day. We checked into a backpackers and to pass the afternoon we decided to do a tour...

When we came down from the rafting high, we drove to Greymouth. Halfway there we stopped at Punakaiki to check out the pancake rocks. These are formed in limestone and look like stacks of pancakes. Some even look like faces looking out over the Tasman Sea. We stayed in a great hostel in Greymouth which had an outdoor spa to ease the shoulder pai...