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Arthur's pass was truly amazing. We drove through beautiful scenery, snowy mountains either side of us and a windy road ahead. We parked up at the visitor centre and had a walk up to a roaring waterfall with crystal clear water. It was very cold though so we layered up with gloves, hats and scarves and had our car sweets to keep us going! We drove onto Greymouth, a very non discript town with not a lot in it. It was dead at 5pm when we arrived and stayed dead all night eventhough there was...

Just posting some random photographs from previous travels

Not really only Greymouth, more so the trip from Hanmer Spings to Franz Josef Glacier. Driving across the South Island was great, it was so beautiful. Rivers cutting through the landscape like snakes, old gold mining sites covered in spiders webs, lots of lakes, bridges and the perfect weather still, I'm soooo lucky can't believe it. I will let the pictures do the talking.

Shantytown is a replica of 1880s town. It was opened as a tourist attraction in 1971, and the area was the site of a real gold rush from around the 1860s. The town is made up of around 30 historic buildings some of which were constructed in the early 70s and a few that have been rescued and restored. I was particulary fond of the church, originally from No Town in the Grey Valley and built in 1865.(See photos, inside & out). It is even possible to g...

RV, 5000 kilometer, 2 weeks, what a heck of a way to go.

An amazing 2 months spent visiting one of the Worlds most scenic, adventurous countries

greymouth... the capital of the south island west coast where all the bus companies stop and many other passing by travellers spend a night surely must be hell of a town with a spectacular backpacker nightlife? HELL NO this town is dead everyone is doing a one nighter here... for a reason! the only activity worthwhile doing is the brewery tour! 20 bucks for a (loooong!) local beer brewery tour with tons of samples and a 20 minutes "the tap is yours" ending... plus a bbq ...

Taking the bus from Wesport to Greymouth railway station, to pick up the TranzAlpine train  over to Christchurch.  Hopefully  I'll get to see some snow and  take some nice pics.

3Countries, 3Tattoos, 2an a half months, Mental.

Just thought i'd make this travelogue to show an overview of the places i've travelled in the last 10 years. In development!

We had booked to go on the Tranz Alpine train journey that goes from Christchurch on the east coast of the south island to Greymouth on the west coast. We had been told that there is nothing much to see in Greymouth itself and so we booked a day return journey...We realised when we got on the train at 8am that it was a four and a half hour ride there and ....yup, a four and a half hour ride back! This was gonna be a long day we thought, but this train ride is meant to be one of the ...

Auf der Fahrt nach Gretmouth hatte ich ziemlich viel Gegenwind. Zum Glueck habe ich nach etwa 10km vier andere Fahrradfahrer getroffen und so sind wir die naechsten 30km zusammengefahren. Dadurch konnte ich praktisch immer im Windschatten fahren, was meine Kraefte etwas gespart hat. Nach etwa 50 km habe ich dann aber meine Beine doch ziemlich gespuert und habe mich deshalb entschlossen im 20km weiterempfernt gelegenen Kumara oder so aenhlich zu uebernachten. Ich war dort wiedermal die einzige...

Spent two and half weeks driving around South Island

Arrived in Greymouth in the evening. The next day we had a lzy morning before driving up to Punakaiki (pancake rocks) and also a seal colony. Pretty drive but a long way. Pancake rocks was rock formations thatw ere supposed to look like, Yes you've guessed it, pancakes. Pretty good to see. When we got back to the hostel anna and Lucy from uni had come to meet us, great to see them. We made a big New Zealand lamb casserole and watched a film, the boys say I've seen no films so starting to cros...

It is Tuesday morning and I am sitting on the cliffs of Cobden Tip watching Andrew surf. Andrew says it is the best surfing he has ever done.  He has to climb down rocks and time it just right to get out to the breaks before he gets smashed against the rocks. Scary for me thrilling for him. I see 4 dolphins swimming by. Good omen. Hopefully no sharks are around   Surfing is kind of like life. To get the most out of it you have to take risks. You have to work hard to get out to whe...