Another place we were sad to leave but our journey must go on.Today we were heading for one of the highlights of this area - Pancake Rocks at Punakaiki in Paparoa National Park, on the coast about 45 kms north of Greymouth.And what a stunning coastline it is - the drive north from Greymouth is spectacular.We hadn't booked accommodation at Punakaiki, hoping to pick up bargain, but arrived earlier in the day than planned.A quick look around possible option revealed...

Leaving our accommodation in Hokitika we were pleased that we'd managed to squeeze in all our belongings, including the two sets of golf clubs, into the boot.But they wouldn't be there long because we were heading for Lake Brunner B&B with Golf.It was another gorgeous day and Deb soon had us checked in to a spanking, modern and well equipped room overlooking the 9-hole course. We'd been attracted in part because the golf and club hire was included in our room...

After we'd checked into our comfortable cabin at the Hokitika Holiday Park, we drove to the golf course as the sky looked threatening.Thankfully there was also a good north- westerly wind that seemed to be keeping the rain clouds away. As anyone who plays Montrose Links, the Glen at North Berwick, or links courses up and down Scotland, the wind is often the thing you have to beat. Well, we didn't do too badly and the clubs performed well.Seriously though, it was ...

Now moving further north and here to see Arthurs Pass and sample Monteith's beer in its home town (a great range of beer). We should explain to viewers/readers that we add the initial entry to a new place we visit as soon as we arrive so you all know where we are at any given time. But clearly we cannot add what we have done until we have done it. So everyone needs to revisit blogs if they want to see what we have been up to. Sorry if this is confusing, but ther...

Here for a day's heli- hiking on the Franz Josef Glacier that we landed on on our Mt Cook flight. Hope the weather holds. A thing we forgot to mention about our journey from Glenorchy to Franz Joseph was that, shortly after leaving Wanaka (which was so beautiful we had to stop to admire the views over a coffee) we stopped at a viewpoint to take in the glorious Lake Hawea.Quite a few other cars had stopped to admire the view so it was a good place from which to ...