Today was a solid travel day getting to the top of the wild West Coast. We stopped at a few beautiful spots including a walk at Cape Foulwind with spectacular scenery and a seal colony. There were a few more beaches and we watched the sunset at Punakaiki, also known as the pancake rocks which are 35 million year old limestone and mud formations created by the waves pounding against the cliffs and creating strange, twisted forms. There are areas that become blow holes at high tide, but while we were there the water just surged in and out. Our stop that night was Barrytown, or Barry-no-town as the locals call it (no one else has a nickname for it because no one else knows it exists). Because the whole place is just a pub and a backpackers we had a Stray dress up party and amply amused ourselves for the evening.
Some quality links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdVHZwI8pcA&feature=related
(Beached As)
http://www.straytravel.com
Cape Foulwind walk
The weka, an endemic New Zealand bird, not to be mistaken for a kiwi
Mambo, bus driver and tour leader extraordinaire! 
Stormy beach
Pancake Rocks
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