Although we’ve been there before, we decided to stop at Punakaiki and go for the short walk to see the pancake rocks and blowhole.
After seeing very few vehicles on the road we were surprised to find the camper van park almost full of rentals, kiwi families on holiday.
The walk was wider than we remembered, but the scenery was just as spectacular. 
The tide must have been well in, as the noise of the waves, the spray and the height of the spout from the blowhole were all impressive - hard to capture in a photo though! 
The misty spray was evident for a lot of the journey up the coast.
The misty spray was evident for a lot of the journey up the coast.
There was only a caravan at the NZMCA park when we arrived, though several others joined us during the afternoon. Including the young couple with a huge bus we met at the dump station. They were living on the road with 2 children (about 8 and 6), 2 dogs, and 2 cats!
We parked up looking directly out to the beach, but the rain and dark clouds didn’t make for much of a sunset.
Next day we walked, in pouring rain, into the town for a coffee. The extra umbrella we bought at Franz Josef came in very handy! It’s a good walk, just under 12,000 steps, 9.4km.
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