Punakaiki

This is the location of the famous Pancake Rocks. The BBC filmed a bit of Walking with Dinosaurs here. There are awesome blowholes around here so Kathy, Brendan and I paid a visit at high tide which was just after midday. There was an almost prehistoric feel to the place, especially at one of the blowholes which was set quite a way back from the ocean so you could hear the whispers of crashing waves in the distant and then occassionly there would be a massive boom as the water echoed in what must have been a large cavenous space just below. The rocks still remain a mystery to scientists, they cannot explain how they formed this unique layering effect.

The night before we had a couple of beers in the local pub, we were the only customers then bought a take out and headed back to probably the best hostel I've stayed in so far. We all jumped in the outside hot spa and looked up to the clear winter night sky. Just beautiful especially with a couple of stubbies!