Greymouth Motels - Reviews and Rates

The threat of rain seemed in the distance this morning. There were a few clouds around but mainly blue sky - so much for the wet west coast we thought... Off for a quick breakfast at MacDonalds to fortify us for the short drive to Shantytown - which is an reconstructed gold-mining town built near an original gold-mining town. $62 for a family pa...

gotta confess by the time i left nelson i was ready to go i think i stayed a night too many mainly because of the magic bus schedule anyway this leg of the journey was scheduled to be a long one with an 8 hour drive broken up by a few stops as it happened some of the stops turned out to be quite good the pancake rocks didn't look promising to st...

We continued our travels to the West Coast of New Zealand. It is most breathtakingly beautiful here!!! The drive is stunning and we stopped often to take in the beauty of the coast - awesome beaches with waves crashing in and crazy limestone rock formations. We stopped off at Paparoa National Park to view the Pancakes and Blow holes. It is somet...

Hello from New Zealand - I had a blog composed and ready to send from Wellington a couple of days ago but it would not save much less send so I lost everything so here goes again. In a nutshell, made it to Auckland from Canberra-Sydney and had a miserable hostel there, left the next morning feeling sick with a cold, got the city bus with my back...

On the road from Franz Josef to Greymouth take a look at the awe inspiring scenery

Hi, this is Lucy. We travelled west to Greymouth on the 22nd. Quite a scenic drive through the mountains. Not much to say about Greymouth as it is quite a small town with not a lot to do. However we did stay in a really nice hostel called Noahs Ark, all the rooms had a different animal theme, our was Elephant! Also a group of people we met in Fi...

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 us a LOT of free beer during the tasting sessions and a free BBQ back at the local pub - res...

After Nelson, I got the bus to Greymouth, along the beautiful rugged west coast of the South Island, doing a bit of seal spotting and rock formation observing along the way. We spent the night in Greymouth, where I proceded to eat 6 1/2 sausages at the all-you-can-eat $5 BBQ, beating my 2 components who only managed 6 or a measly 4! I wanna badg...

Wellington rocks. It's funny - most people I've met in New Zealand (travelers and locals) have nothing nice to say about the major cities, but I disagree. I guess it makes sense, because people generally come here for the breathtaking scenery and outdoors-y fun, but my time in Auckland & Wellington rates very highly. Thursday night after I u...

We decided to hit the Nelson market which was trendy and quite cute. I really liked the guy who makes the toy planes out of aluminum cans. You know what they say about one mans' junk being another mans' treasure. Next, Mirium, Erin and I drove down to Greymouth and checked into the Global Village backpacker. Here I am sure we annoyed the very pa...