We've just tavelled the west coast road from Hokitika to Nelson, stopping off at Punakaiki to see the pancake rocks - they really do look like giant piles of pancakes! The coastline here is so different from England. We went through Papora National park where what seems like a dense tropical forest grows right into the coves & onto black sandy beaches strewn with enormous fallen rocks. The landscape then changes through the Buller Gorge & becomes more...

We've just tavelled the west coast road from Hokitika to Nelson, stopping off at Punakaiki to see the pancake rocks - they really do look like giant piles of pancakes! The coastline here is so different from England. We went through Papora National park where what seems like a dense tropical forest grows right into the coves & onto black sandy beaches strewn with enormous fallen rocks. The landscape then changes through the Buller Gorge & becomes more...