rainforest
Dolomite Point at Pancake Rocks	Putai blowhole at Pancake Rocks
Fox Neve - 90 of the snowmass feeds into Fox Glacier	Franz Josef Glacier
Terminus, Franz Josef Glacier	Gates of Haast Bridge - notice there is only one lane across this bridge. The sign in the forground tells us we do not have the right of way.
City of Greymouth, Grey River	Hawk's Crag in Buller Gorge - another one lane road - once the terror passes these are easy to drive.
Lake Benmore with dam in background	Benmore Dam
Mt Tasman and Mt Cook	Mt Tasman, 2nd highest peak in NZ
Punch Bowl Falls

My drive from Cromwell up the West Coast to the Nelson Lakes area was full of adventure and wild scenery.  Here is my first view of the Tasman Sea from the west coast of New Zealand.  The most striking difference between Eastern NZ and the West Coast is the vegetation.  In the east, there is a thin layer of soil over the rocks of the island and plants have to struggle for a toehold.  Also the interior mountains trap all the rain on the western slopes.  Consequently the land in the west is crowded with rain forest and lush growth with not a bare spot to be seen. As you can see, forests grow right down to the sea.