WEST COAST, CAVE RAFTING, PUNIKAKI ROCKS, INLAND PACK TRACK HIKE, HOKITIKA

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TRAVELLING DOWN WEST COAST AT MOMENT.

WHILE TRAVELLING DOWN DECIDED TO TRY OUT SOME CAVE RAFTING, INVOLVED LOTS OF SLIDING THROUGH SMALL HOLES AND EVENTUALLY ENDED UP SITTING ON A RUBBER RING FLOATING THROUGH THE CAVE.

GOT TO SOME GREAT LOOKING ROCKS LOOK LIKE PANCAKES. AROUND THIS AREA DID ANOTHER HIKE CALLED THE INLAND PACK TRACK. NICE WALK BUT FULL OF DEEP MUD HAD A BAD TIME WHEN MUD EVENTUALLY GOT THE BETTER AND ROSE UP TO MY KNEES, WELL ALMOST. CROSSED A RIVER ABOUT THIRTY TIMES FEET WERE SAW AFTER.

PASSED THROUGH HOKITIKA AND DECIDED TO MAKE MY OWN PEICE OF NZ, DID SOME JADE CARVING LOOK AT PICS LOOKS REALLY NICE.

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PANCAKE ROCKS
WELL THATS WHAT THEY SAY.

PANCAKE ROCKS
WELL THATS WHAT THEY SAY.

PANCAKE ROCKS
THEY ALSO BLOW WATER OUT AT HIGH TIDE

WEST COAST
CHECKING OUT SUNSET

INLAND PACK TRACK
LASTING MEMORY IS OF THE BLODDY DEEP MUD. OVERCAME ME AT ONE POINT.

INLAND PACK TRACK
AFTER CROSSING THE SAME RIVER ABOUT THIRTY TIMES TAKING SHOES OFF TO CROSS EVERY TIME FINALLY GOT TO CAMP AREA WHICH WAS AT THE ENTRANCE OF A CAVE.

HOKITIKA JADE CARVING
DRAWING DESIGN

HOKITIKA JADE CARVING
MY DESIGN BOTTOM LEFT

HOKITIKA JADE CARVING
HARD AT WORK POLISHING THE JADE AFTER CARVING

HOKITIKA JADE CARVING
THE FINISHED PRODUCT, AFTER 5 HOURS OF POLISHING.

CAVE RAFTING
BEFORE WE WENT INTO CAVE.

CAVE RAFTING
IN THE CAVE

CAVE RAFTING
IN THE CAVE

CAVE RAFTING
IN THE CAVE

CAVE RAFTING
IN THE CAVE