A rather confident Mrs Fogg stood on the swing bridge (this was after the 3rd crossing and my shaking it as well). We took the Bullers Gorge Jet Boat, which tops 60mph, does 360s to make you hurl, skims across 4cm of water and skips through the rapids driven by a nutter, oh what a scream. 40 mins of soaking, screaming and holding on for dear life, followed by a tandem zip wire across the gorge and then one final Mr Fogg doing a Superman flight across the gorge on a zip wire, Awesome.
On then to Punakaiki and the Pancake Rocks, via Cape Foulwind (nice name) for the seal colony. Tonight we overlook the sea from Hydrangea Cottages, secluded lodges next to Pancake Rock. And yet again the girl serving asked where we had come from, when we said Murchison, she simply asked “Why the Hell did you stop there”. There’s one Mrs Fogg will never live down.
Pancake Rocks from here.
Happy New Zealand Day!