Returning to the South Island - the West Coast

Our motel in Motueka, with our own carport again (35kb) On the beach in Abel Tasman National Park, taking a break (55kb) Our first sea kayaking, and it was great (69kb) Coming in at the end of our half day tour (38kb)
On the coastal track in Abel Tasman (29kb) One of the many many monuments to the glorious dead that are in every small town in NZ (46kb) The longest swing bridge in NZ - after walking across, Joe, Sara, and Tammy took the comet ride back (67kb) Pancake Rocks, heading south along the coast toward Greymouth (46kb)
Spectacular rock formations (58kb) No one knows why the rocks formed this way - they are unlike any other place on Earth (65kb) We watched a number of dolphins playing just off shore (57kb) Heavy bush grows right down to the water on the west coast, where they get a ton of rain each year (39kb)
A walk along the Truman Track, near the Pancake Rocks (48kb) Heading further south, we saw a spectacular double rainbow nearing Franz Josef (17kb)