Westport to Granity Westcoast South Island 2023
Westport & Granity
Westcoast South Island 2023
New Zealand
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Westport
We stayed 7 nights the maximum allowed in 21 days.
We enjoyed our stay here the park is on the beachfront, with heaps of Weka strolling around the camp.
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M.V. Kaitawa Memorial
Kawatiri Beach
Cape Foulwind Walkway
Tauranga Bay
We had very little wind while staying at Westport it was good for walking.
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| Walk to M.V. Kaitawa Memorial |
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| This man fishing caught a Kahawai |
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| Buller River |
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| Surfing spot, the camp is just along the beach |
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| Puppies found a puddle for a drink |
This is the beach that the camp is on, and where we enjoyed daily walks.
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| First time off the leads and loving the freedom |
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| Kawatiri Beach |
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| Lexi loves the water |
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| The beach is covered in wood |
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| Run out of puff |
Granity
We moved 30 km up the road to Turangawaewae Pop and enjoyed a couple of days of fine weather before it all turned to crap with bad head colds.
Out of the 16 days we were here most of it rained so we decided to go onto power and sit it out. The temperature felt tropical and it was like living in a rainforest with everything damp even when it stopped raining the mist from the sea spray was there.
Even with the rain we still enjoyed our time here and the puppies loved it.
The beach is deserted most days and the scenery is amazing, rugged west coast.
Our POP hosts were lovely checking in to ask if we needed anything.
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| Great POP with everything we needed wifi ok |
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| Sick Frog |
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| There is a carving up there |
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| Low tide |
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| Looking South |
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| High tide |
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| Looking north |
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| Lexi and Mini loved swimming around here |
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| It's hard to capture just how beautiful it is here |
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Cape Foulwind
Star Tavern POP is free to stay or $10 per night for power, playground, and park across the road.
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| Wifi ok and good food Omau Cliffs We went for a walk to the end of the road and found a walking track that took us down to two beaches, we turned around at the entrance to the Cape Foulwind walkway. |
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| Closest beach |
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| Can't get on the beach at high tide |
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| Hole in the rock |
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| Plenty of work has gone into the beach access |
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| Seafoam |
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| The tide comes to the cliffs |
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| Lovely place to visit |
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| Amazing views |
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| View from the top of the track |
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We have done this walk in previous years.
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| We walked as far as the seal colony |
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| Info boards along the walk |
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| We saw this Weka walking around the seals |
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| Zoomed in photos from the viewing platform |
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| The timing was good there was plenty to see |
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| Colony below |
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| Viewing platform |
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| Dogs allowed on a lead |
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| It is much quicker to come in from the other end if short on time. |
The next day we took the dogs for a swim at the beach with the tide out.
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| They lived it |
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| Looking over to the lighthouse on Cape Foulwind |
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We drove to Tauranga Bay which is at the other end of the Cape Foulwind track and only takes 10 minutes to walk to the seal colony from here.
After a walk to see the seals again, we drove to the Okari River Mouth for a look.
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