Day 156 - Motueka - Punakaiki, New Zealand
Day 156 – 11th November 2005 +13:00 GMT Total Miles 28537
Rolled out of bed just before 9am and was on the road by 10am. We had a long drive and for a change it was just Jill and I. We wound down the windows and turned up the tunes. We drove back towards Nelson for a while then headed south on the Highway 6. Driving in New Zealand is quite different as there are very few cars on the roads other than in the big cities and the roads are very very winding, the twist and turn up and down the mountainous terrain. They seem to only have two speed limits here 100 kmph and 50 kmph, when they ran out of 50’s they seemed to just use 100’s. The windiest road in New Zealand is between Kaiteriteri and Marahau and the speed limit is 100 kmph now I could not go faster than 40 kmph on that road. Anyway we had a long 4 hour drive south and we stopped for fuel as the signs said no more fuel for 87 km. We stopped at West Port on the way and had lunch at a small café then went shopping for grocery’s before driving on. We reached Punakaiki around 3pm and I got chatting to the owners, Melanie was traveling 7 years ago and fell in love with a German guy who ran the hostel, se was taught by a Mr. Pilkington in Hastings in England so she thought I might know him, unfortunately I did not unless my dad did teach at Hastings girls school at some point. This hostel was 10 steps from the beach and only 600m from the famous pancake rocks. After Jill and I had unpacked we walked up to Pancake Rocks.
Pancake Rocks
It is a 20 minute walk around a path which shows you all the layered rock formations which looks like stacks of pancakes. On route you also see 4 blow holes and some amazing erosion by the sea, which has created many caves and bridges of land.
Jill in the rocks
The Rocks
Pancake Rocks
Pancake Rocks
Pancake Rocks
Pancake Rocks
Pancake Rocks
We stopped by the local pub on the way back for a quick pint and then I spent the evening reading I finished Tommyland by Tommy Lee and started a new book.
Rolled out of bed just before 9am and was on the road by 10am. We had a long drive and for a change it was just Jill and I. We wound down the windows and turned up the tunes. We drove back towards Nelson for a while then headed south on the Highway 6. Driving in New Zealand is quite different as there are very few cars on the roads other than in the big cities and the roads are very very winding, the twist and turn up and down the mountainous terrain. They seem to only have two speed limits here 100 kmph and 50 kmph, when they ran out of 50’s they seemed to just use 100’s. The windiest road in New Zealand is between Kaiteriteri and Marahau and the speed limit is 100 kmph now I could not go faster than 40 kmph on that road. Anyway we had a long 4 hour drive south and we stopped for fuel as the signs said no more fuel for 87 km. We stopped at West Port on the way and had lunch at a small café then went shopping for grocery’s before driving on. We reached Punakaiki around 3pm and I got chatting to the owners, Melanie was traveling 7 years ago and fell in love with a German guy who ran the hostel, se was taught by a Mr. Pilkington in Hastings in England so she thought I might know him, unfortunately I did not unless my dad did teach at Hastings girls school at some point. This hostel was 10 steps from the beach and only 600m from the famous pancake rocks. After Jill and I had unpacked we walked up to Pancake Rocks.
Pancake Rocks
It is a 20 minute walk around a path which shows you all the layered rock formations which looks like stacks of pancakes. On route you also see 4 blow holes and some amazing erosion by the sea, which has created many caves and bridges of land.
Jill in the rocks
The Rocks
Pancake Rocks
Pancake Rocks
Pancake Rocks
Pancake Rocks
Pancake Rocks
We stopped by the local pub on the way back for a quick pint and then I spent the evening reading I finished Tommyland by Tommy Lee and started a new book.
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