We were excited to drive our Truck through the Hast pass after heavy rain. A little corection to the video. Its the “Gates of Hast” not hell over the Hast river not the Wills river which joins the hast a short way upstream from the bridge. Dad thought “Gates of hell” sounded more dramatic.

We stopped to do some school work at Bruce bay, not a bad class room eh?

Did you know that 13,550 people live in Greymouth? That is 42% of all the inhabitants of the west coast.

We set up on Friday in the Greymouth Domain which is right next to the roaring sea. Then on Saturday morning at 4am our awning blew down in a storm. Mum and Dad spent 2 hours picking up crystals from the ground.

On Monday we drove to Punakaiki, where we went on a lovely kayaking trip up and down a lazy tea colored river, fringed with lush rain forest and towering cliffs. Our friend Jola Josie came along and filmed.

Thanks for the beautiful footage Jola. Jola has a beautiful video blog.Check it out.

Then we went to the amazing pancake rocks and watched the blowholes in action. I had pancakes for dinner!

The next day we headed for sunshine and Kina beach.