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Golden Ross

Our stop for tonight was Ross – an old mining town. The current population of Ross is apparently around 300 people and a signifcant proportion of them seemed to be in the Empire Hotel this evening – the only pub in town and the only place to get a meal! It was one of those pubs where you expect it to go quiet when you walk in as they all turn to look at...

Pancakes all round …

We headed today from Nelson to our next stop – Greymouth. Rather than following the main road, we decided to take the coast road towards Westport and then south from there to Greymouth. The main idea was to be able to stop at the Punakaiki rocks – otherwise known as the ‘pancake rocks‘. Punakaiki rocks This is an area of the coast where the...