Westport and the west coast

Having been housed in a motel for most of this week as the original accomodation allocated to us was not habitable we have now moved to a very spaceous four bedroomed house just 5 minutes walk from the Health Centre. We have been exploring the locality over past few days from the rugged rocky coastline and beaches to the Punakaiki pancake rocks. These rock formations were formed over millions of years by sandstone sedimentary rocks being thrust up with the western alps and are now being eroded into spectacular formations by coastal erosion.

We also visited an old gold mine and several beaches between Charleston and Buller Bay. We have also seen lots of wildlife including Weka Oystercatchers Petrels and more fur seals.