It has been a long 13 plus hour day that we have crammed full of fun on our last full day on the West Coast! We started our day with a hearty breakkie again at Maggies. Then we did some shopping and exploring around Greymouth.
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| Alan shows us his "hot dog" that his friends brought him back from Rout 66 in the U.S.A. |
Next we stopped at Barrytown (where we ended our Croesus Track hike yesterday) to look for jade on the beach.
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| No pounamu, but a beautiful morning and pretty rocks. |
We at lunch at
Paparoa National Park and got to see a cheeky
Weka before heading on to the Fox River walk to ID some native plants and find a
New Zealand Robin. Then we took in another short hike along the Pororari River looking for dinosaurs in this area that looks like the dawn of time.
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| Lunch in abundant and luxurious sunshine! |
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| Cheeky Weka |
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| Curious New Zealand Robin |
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| Even curiouser "dinosaurs" along the Pororari River |
Then a short walk on the beach at Punakaiki before we headed to the Pancake Rocks at Sunset and high tide to experience the blow holes and sunset.
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| Mist from blow hole just barely framing up our picture. |
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| Pancake Rocks at Sunset |
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| Watching the sunset |
Then a quick hot drink while it got dark enough to go to the
glow worm cave and view the night sky before heading back to Greymouth where we, once again, visited Kay and ate at Eating and Drinking and learned how to do some Maori flax weaving.
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| A hot drink at the Punakaiki Tavern before heading out to see glow worms and evening sky (which looks like a Nasa photo but we can't capture it like they do) |
Now it is really time for bed! Sweet Dreams Tamariki ma! - Meryl
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