Punakaiki

I left St. Arnaud the next afternoon (after climbing up the highest local mountain) and headed for Punakaiki, which is famous for its blowholes. Stayed in the most chilled YHA this side of Ulan Bator and hooked myself up with a lift in another camper van, this time with 2 English blokes and a German who were all headed the same way. We stopped by the blowholes, which didn't blow and drove down the west coast, though Greymouth, Westport and Hokitika. A stunning coastline with amazing amounts of driftwood and general flotsam and jetsam strewn along the beaches.