West Coast South Island, New Zealand

Travel Blogs from West Coast South Island (6)

Pounamu land, Lake Ianthe, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand travel blog
Pounamu land
Nov 19, 2005

... them by the river before walking along the bank looking for natural jade stones. Decided to move on, drove through Ross (gold mining town). Ended up 200km south of Greymouth at a lakeside campsite (DoC operated $5 per adult per night) Yahtzee & Chess

A travel blog entry by jawad
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Sandy coves, pancake rocks and mighty glaciers, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand travel blog
Sandy coves, pancake rocks and mighty glaciers
Oct 27, 2005

... perceptive father remarked: "I bet you wish you'd come 10 minutes earlier." Yes, quite. From Punakaiki we pushed on south along the west coast to Franz Joseph glacier. As we drove, the massive, snow-dusted bulk of the Southern Alps came into view and ...

A travel blog entry by idarich
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West Coast, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand travel blog
West Coast
Nov 27, 2006

... to Franz Josef Glacier and into Glacier Country. This is supposed to be one of the most scenic drives in the South Island but unfortunately all we saw was the inadequate windscreen wipers of our Nissan Sunny traversing backwards and forwards across the ...

A travel blog entry by nickandmilly
West Coast- South Island, West Coast South Island, New Zealand travel blog
West Coast- South Island
Jun 1, 2005

... to the harbour to enjoy lunch and a tugboat was pulling this HUGE load of coal up towards the North Island! Wow. It was massive!! Everyone that comes to New Zealand has to make a stop at the Punakaki Pancake rocks! They are rocks that are layered and look ...

A travel blog entry by cheridave

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