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We drove down the coast (only 45mins) to Punakaiki – WOW. The scenery here just keeps blowing me away. We checked into our hotel, and headed out for some ...
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Race against the elements
(Nov 07 '06)
We had an amazing drive to the West coast but the best was yet to come, we stayed in a really nice Youth hostel right on the beach and decided to sleep inside as the rain was virtually horizontal. The ...
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Punakaiki and the Pancake Rocks
(Mar 02 '07)
From Franz Josef we stopped at Hokitika, a town famous for its greenstone art shops and then drove onto Punakaiki, famous for its Pancake Rocks. Punakaiki is a tiny place in the Paparoa Range, a 1500m ...
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Punakaiki
(Nov 13 '06)
Sometimes I turn up at hostels and just chuckle to myself, because they really are just incredible. I stayed at the YHA at this punakaiki place for next to nowt and it was just briliant. The huts wre ...
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The campsite in Panakiki is lovely, and next door to a pub/restaurant that does great food and even takeaways, so we are very happy! Steve is pleased to be back next to some ...
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Pancake rocks and mountain passes
(Oct 31 '06)
"Every so often there'd be a whoosh of seawater as it found a blowhole and came rushing up through the rocks"
After Fox Glacier we headed out to see the nearby Lake Mathieson. Apparently on a good day ...
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Tuesday 13th feb
I woke up this morning feeling marginally better and when I eventually managed to drag myself out the van at 0930 I headed straight ...
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Nope, I hadnt heard of it either, but they have some BlowHoles there, and it was in the right direction so we thought 'ah feck it, lets go there!'
We left nelson about 10am with another long and ...
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When waterproofs fail
(Feb 29 '08)
On our way South from Karamea we stopped at Cape Foulwind, near Westport, for a short walk to the seal colony on the rocks beneath. It was quite a large gathering down below. There were three large ...
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We set off from Westport at a farily leisurely 9:30AM, and I have to admit my hangover wasn't too bad after a night on the Mac's Gold instead of Tui or (shudder) Xport Gold. ...
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We've been doing a bit of driving to get ourselves into some more great adventures. Our first stop is the tiny tiny town of Charleston. They do a cave rafting tour, ...
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Westport
(Apr 02 '08)
So.. we have named our car Saki. Because he is from Japan.. and David Suzuki sounded lame. I mean.. the car is a Suzuki..
Before leaving Franz Joseph we had a nice breakfast with Tanis and Amy ...
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Not the Hilton
(Mar 04 '08)
We then drove back down the Alps towards the west again, and arrived in Blackball around 12. Blackball is an old gold and coal mining town with a population of around 100. There are two hotels and a ...
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