South Island Tour 2011Moana to Punakaiki
Wednesday 9 March
Getting ready to leave The Mill House Lodge, Moana.
Note the fog in the background.....
Photo : Lyn / Neale
..... it was with us all the way to Stillwater.
Photo : Margaret
We thought we may have been pacing a coal train - but it stopped at Arnold Valley.
Photo : Margaret
The old bridge at Brunner.
Photo : Lyn / Neale
It is now a very substantial foot bridge.
Photo : Lyn / Neale
We took in some of the history of the area.
Photo : Lyn / Neale
The Memorial to the 65 Miners who died in the Brunner Mine Disaster
on 26 March, 1896.
Photo : Lyn / Neale
Where we had come from.
Photo : Lyn / Neale
Where we are heading.
Photo : Mack
We stopped briefly in Greymouth ....... very briefly.
Photo : Margaret
The Miners' Hall in Runanga.
Photo : Lyn / Neale
The coast north of Rapahoe.
Photo : Maurice
Lunch for some on the beach at Rapahoe.
Photo : Colin
Lone cyclist starts the climb away from Rapahoe Beach.
Photo : Lyn / Neale
We all liked this part of the coastline.
Photo : Lyn / Neale
The road winds down towards the Ten Mile Creek Bridge.
Photo : Margaret
Ten Mile Creek - Waianiwaniwa.
Photo : Margaret
Another version of a Westland letter box - or is it a planter.
Photo : Maurice
Punakaiki's version of a seagull or pigeon.
Do tourists photograph a weka and think they have seen a kiwi?.
Photo : Maurice
Punakaiki Rocks : v1.
Photo : Maurice
Punakaiki Rocks : v2.
Photo : Margaret
Punakaiki Rocks : v3.
"Would you like maple syrup with your pancackes, Sir?"
Photo : Maurice
Punakaiki Rocks : v4.
Photo : Mack
Punakaiki Beach Hostel
Could the owners be Aussies??
Photo : Maurice
This must be a prime coastal camping site.
Photo : Lyn / Neale
Punakaiki Sunset.
Photo : Maurice
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