Asure Highpark Motor Inn Greymouth

... like all NZ people, really nice, probably the nicest police I've ever been booked by, the first officer explained to me that I have 28 days to pay, he then asked me how long I was in the country for, I told him 6 days.. He then said that if I didnt pay then I would be arrested next time I entered NZ, although I would'nt actually be stopped from leaving in 6 days time... MMMMMMMMMMM, what should I do ??????? - I'll keep you posted.<br><br> Bye - Bye.

VIEW OTHER ENTRIES BY CLICKING ON THE TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST LOWER DOWN THIS PAGE<br><br>A quick update . . . . . pics are now included<br><br>Day 45 Wednesday 19th August Christchurch<br>Christchurch today looking around the town.<br>There is a well developed cultural precinct here with a range of arts education and historic buildings.<br>Bron was especially interested in the Dyslexia sculpture court ...

... that I could have my picture with...no dice. If I didn't envision what they would be, I'm sure I would've enjoyed looking at them. Pancake rocks are actually these big cliff looking rocks that have layers from the sediment building upon itself over the years. It's quite unusual. I didn't even get to touch them because everyone is held back by a stupid fence. I walked around on the deck so I was near the top, but it's not as cool as getting right beside it. Oh ...

... to town to the sea kayak rental and I chat with the girl who owns the place. I am told in no uncertain terms that I don't have the required experience to hire her kayaks which I am sure was a ruse to get us on the more expensive guided tour. We however simply don't have time for this as we are due in Hanmer by the evening and we have a long way to go. We hang out near the seals for an hour or so and making some late lunch and have a dip in the (very cold) sea ...

... walked the path only to find out you are completely fenced off from the sea and they are on rocks about 30m away. anyway greymouth had picked up a reputation as a bit of a sleepy old town and the only thing to do seemed to be to check into the hostel then go on the monteiths brewery tour and Barbecue which was the only activity available. well i've done breery tours before and to be fair the tour bit is ...

... to bylo lepsi. :-) Pak jsme zase vyrazili na cestu a opet lilo a lilo, mirili jsme na sever do NP Abel Tasman National Park, cestou jsme minuli Buller Gorge a kochali se, jenom kdyby ta mlha a dest trochu ustoupili, asi by to bylo lepsi. Kousek od Murchinsonu jsme zastavili a sli navstivit nejdelsi zavesny most na NZ, ktery byl opravdu docela dlouhy, ale za navstevu rozhodne nestal, byla to takova past na turisty za 5 dolaru.

... the people naming the down were clearly called Umm and Err and had inherited their parents' inspiration). It has two streets of shops, almost no restaurants, and I don't think you could class it as being designed for tourists. In the i-site (tourist information centre) the adverts seemed to focus on what you can do in Abel Tasmen to the north, and Franz Josef and Fox to the south. Never-the-less, I wasn't there to see Greymouth, I was there ...

... which was nowhere near as exciting, but a took some good shots without the glare of the curved glass in the front. In many ways I enjoyed this indulgence more than my sky dive. The mountain scenery here is some of the best I've every seen, it's not massive like the Himalayas but equally as beautiful. Next I drove to Franz Joseph Glacier. I was surprised to discover the glacier is actually advancing. In the 70's the ice could hardly be seen from the current lookouts along the ...

... day and got to pan for gold which was kinda cool. They had a jail and all there and it scared the ***** out of me when I looked into the cell and there was a life size dummy of some dude in the there. Got a spin on an oul steam train as well which was kinda naff.

... that is when we was there. From here it was only a short drive to our stop for the night - Greymouth. Lucy and I ran to The Warehouse to upload her photos to a disc then we had to literally run back so that we would be on time for our trip that evening. We were going to a brewery, the first I had ever been to, even though I am so used to smelling like one! There was only a few of us from the bus that actually went though, but we had a really good ...