Punakaiki to GoldenBay, New Zealand Trip

Album 7 - Continuing north up the beautiful West Coast of the South Island we stopped at Punakaiki to visit the spectacular Pancake Rocks before continuing on to Cape Foulwind to see the seal colony. On the way we stopped to explore Punakaiki Cave, took short walks on beautiful TeMiko Beach, along the Charleston Loop Track and through the cave at Fox River Bridge. We spent the night at Irimahuwhero Lookout enjoying the brilliant views and amazing sunset. After Cape Foulwind, it was time to head inland again through Buller Gorge, stopping for a walk through the Kawatiri Historic Rail Tunnel and then along the scenic Four Rivers Highway north to Motueka. It was just getting dark as we climbed up Takaka Hill (biggest 'hill' I have ever been up) to Hawkes Lookout to camp the night. We didn't get to appreciate the interesting sinkholes and view down the valley back to Motueka until next morning. Click on the thumbnails below to access larger photos and information about our travels. Go to the Map of New Zealand to see the entire route and select another web album.

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West Coast	Punakaiki	Pancake Rocks Walk	Pancake Rocks	Paparoa Blowhole
Paparoa Nat Park	Pancake Cliffs	Pancake Islands	Punakaiki Cavern	Cave Entrance
Punakaiki Cave	Cave Exit	TeMiko Beach	TeMiko Track	TeMiko Cavern
TeMiko Waterfall	Coast Road	Campsite 14	Irquahauhero Lookout	Woodpecker Bay
Fox River Bridge	Fox River Cave	Charleston Coast	Charleston LoopTrack	Cape Foulwind
Seal Colony	Tauranga Bay	Lighthouse Walk	Foulwind Beach	Cliff Caves
Ohikanui Buller	Buller Gorge Rd	Inangahua Junction	Buller Gorge	Buller River
OSullivans Bridge	Colours	Kawatiri RailTunnel	Historic Railway	Kahurangi Nat Pk
Hawkes Lookout	Lookout View	Sink Hole	Golden Bay	Puponga

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