Hokitika Motels - Reviews and Rates

Being ten days on the road, we marvelled at just how much we had seen and done. We both felt quite exhausted and hoped we would be able to schedule in some down time in the next few days. That was before we saw the marvels that awaited us! Leaving Murchison, after little over 15 km we came to our first stop in the Buller Gorge, being the longest...

I bet you have wondered where we disappeared to! We have been out of wireless connection since we got to Arrowtown. We had a nice stay in Arrowtown. The highlight was a visit from Jeannette Horn, Fran & Tiri Manahi's daughter. We learned so much about schools in New Zealand. (Susi, you will be so interested!) We did not go to Milford Sound on th...

Compelling ourselves to dismantle the bed and set out exploring despite another drizzly morning, we drove first to Punakaiki - little more than a carpark and visitor centre on the main SH6 south. The drive along the coast was wet, beleak and wild, but showed off some dramatic coastline and pounding surf. Punakaiki is notable only for Pancake Roc...

Right so it was a case of mission on on Friday! Was heading to the Wild Foods Festival (WFF) in Hokitika for the weekend! The plan was to pick up Cecile in Nelson after id finished work, get the tkts, and drive on down the west coast to Hokitika. This loose plan worked up until... oh about 9pm-ish id guess?! Then, after me nicely pulling over to...

HOKITIKA, Jan. 3 to 5 -- It's not usual to start a blog entry with a conclusion, but here it is: Riding a bicycle, is well, just like riding a bicycle. You never forget. I arrived here in Hokitika on Wednesday afternoon after a 7-hour bus ride from Nelson. Hokitika is a spit of a town, just about 4 streets long by 4 streets wide. It was a port o...

On frid*y we got up *nd it w*s still r*ining! We he*ded to the se*l colony, took * refreshing morning co*st*l w*lk (in the r*in!) *nd then drove south down the West co*st. We h*d * luch stop *t Pun*k*iki, where we went to see the p*nc*ke rocks *nd blow holes. It w*s * bit blustery but worth it to see the *m*zing form*tions where the se* h*d erod...

hi guys! wow, i was away from e mail for two days and had so many to respond to! so it may take me a few days to get back you all! ok, where to begin... the big news first! i bought a car!!! yay! with my friend Jo. She is awesome. she is from vermont. hopefully a picture will be attatched of her and some other girls i hang with. and of course a ...