Tina Bean's Travels

Cape Foulwind,Punakaki-Pancake Rocks & Greymouth

These were all the places i visited between Nelson and Greymouth on the Magic bus. Lots of awesome views and it was fantastic to see such a thriving seal colony at the cape. The waves along this coast were fierce, got to watch them in their full glory as we walked the truman track. The pancake rocks really did look like stacks of pancakes..just a shame the heaven's opened as we got there and it wasn't pleasant to stand around too long. The blowholes were pretty impressive too.

Greymouth didn't have too much to offer but we did stay in Noah's ark...no not the Noah's ark but a hostel with animal themed rooms! The stuffed oversized lion in our 'lion' room did the rounds bed hopping...hussy!!

Ross & Lake Mapourika

From greymouth to Franz Joseph we took in a town that is sitting on $600 million worth of gold. The people of Ross refuse to move until they get better deals from the investors. Visited a gold mine museum and was shown how to pan for gold. Onwards we stopped at this glorious lake just before we reached Franz.