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Buller Gorge and Pancake Rocks

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After bidding farewell to Bec we hit the road and headed towards Buller Gorge, home to New Zealand's longest swing bridge! It was pissing it down the whole way but the scenery was still very dramatic as we weaved along the road through the gorge. We took a stroll across the see through bridge and decided to return a slightly different way via a zip line. Nic opted for the chair and David did the trip superman style!

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New Zealand's longest swing bridge - woo hoo!

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Preparing to return over the gorge

We stopped over in Punakaiki that night and next morning visited the Pancake Rocks. These were pretty amazing rock formations (funnily enough lbecause they looked like pancakes!!) with blow holes and a very rough sea beneath them. It was quite eerie hearing deep thuds beneath our feet and seeing huge spurts of sea spray bellowing out between rocks. Magical.

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Posted by nicdavid 02.06.2007 8:57 PM Archived in New Zealand

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