An Amazing Ocean View Drive from Westport to Greysmouth

Well the drama continues on the fishing front. We spent yesterday on the Owen River. Bob hooked into a nice brown but it shook off as he was trying to get it into the net. Today we decided to see the ocean along the Westport to Greymouth Highway. It's a spectacular drive with amazing views.

We are in Hanmar Springs right now. It's a beautiful place. It's a tourist town that even has a ski area and lots of fun activities including bungie jumping into a gorge. Don't even think it.


There are many places to stop and use your camera. The first view as we came up over a hill was breathtaking.

The rock formations were fabulous.

You could see for miles - great day for viewing here.

Here are the blow hole and the pancake cliffs.

The rocks looked like they had been stacked one layer after another. You can see the erosion.

There were many birds in the rock formations and they have spectacular homes.

The stone steps led to the next viewing station to take a look up the coast and out across the Tasman Sea. It was spectacular.