Saturday, February 2 The West Coast of South Island

     We left the buggy campground and drove out to the west coast on the Tasman Sea.  Not much walking, which was a good thing after our prior day's climb, but lots of sightseeing.

I was glad to see derelict trucks along the road.  Love that rusty metal.

If they could only tell their stories.

Diana is attracted to a different form of roadside beauty

We discovered this funny little tunnel along the road

Sort of Hobbit-sized

Maybe this is where the cave trolls live

The shoreline along the northern west coast

Amid the cliffs plunging into the sea, a few desolate beaches

      We stopped for the night at Punakaiki, a tiny coastal village with a really nice caravan park.