#pancakerocks

[readytowendigo]

Pancake Rocks, New Zealand

Discover the mouthwatering Pancake Rocks in New Zealand, where the layers of nature's pancake stack meet the crashing waves. Experience a unique geological wonder like no other.

#pancakerocks #rockformation #naturewonders #newzealandadventures

[carolynenting]

Exploring the harbour and the pancake rocks. #pancakerocks #teakau (at Te Akau, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck4Au4dhFLH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#pancakerocks #teakau

[thecuriousmagpie]

An early morning trip to the Pancake Rocks (in time to catch high tide at the blowhole) was followed by an excellent pancake breakfast at the Pancake Rocks Cafe! 🥞 #pancakes #pancakerocks #vanlife #travel #adventure #wanderlust #explore #outdoors #newzealand #photoaday #21may20 #curiousmagpiephotography (at Pancake Rocks) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAe7rNxp7MI/?igshid=azb655akbn3a

#pancakes #pancakerocks #vanlife #travel #adventure #wanderlust #explore #outdoors #newzealand #photoaday #21may20 #curiousmagpiephotography

[roswellroamer]

Day 16. Rangiora to Punakaiki via Lewis Pass. 350 km.

Woke up to a steady light rain. The forecast was better on the west (rainy) side and we were for the third time in three days going to cross the mountains again. Another failed attempt to use our American credit cards to pay for fuel at automated fuel island at Pak'n Save (like a Costco). After success the first week at these fully automated fuel stations, the last week has usually been met with failure. One attendant said that because the US cards require a signature (for who knows what ridiculous reason as that offers zero additional security) that they are declined at these automated pay stations. The tap and pay system is on the rise and most of my cards have the RFID chip to do so, has a name here. They call it Paywave. At least half the machines I've used at cafes and gas stations and motels are Paywave enabled. When tapping a card with Paywave no signature is required plus it's faster. We decided to roll a ways and got gas down the road with an attendant. Only self serve, by attendant I mean someone in the station to take payment. Mike had suggested the Culverden cafe for a stop so we cruised through the farmland and hedges with a long fairly strIght stretch while the rain was easing in fits. The cafe was barebones with just a few seats inside but the baked goods looked delicious. I opted for the butter chicken pie (surprising to find a light tomato sauce within) and a cream filled doughnut that was eclair shaped and drizzled with a raspberry sauce. 😋 All washed down with the dark chocolate milk which seemed to be in most shops. There was a paper sign with Uncle Sam on it. That dude was a long way from his origin in Troy, NY! 🇺🇸 He was being used to prompt interest in a "bowl" club since their numbers were dwindling and its survival was in question. I assume that's what we call bowling? After using the public toilet (they are very nice and high tech, many with electronic access and all have been super clean) we headed toward Lewis Pass and the landscape obliged our desires for more curves and mountain scenery. We had some beautiful views and made a couple photo stops but 2/3 passes over the Alps we've done lately didn't have a sign or marker and couldn't tell when the actual summit was reached. Weird. A few different areas where it was discussed if this was the apex or a false summit. I'll never know which but the road was superb. We even had some 15kph curves thrown in there for good measure! We pulled in to a very cute town of Reefton which had some motorcycles strewn about. Got gas at the Mobil as Ted attended to a scratched open mosquito bite with a band aid assist. The "healthy" breakfast had kept hunger from appearing at the appointed lunch hour, so instead of stopping to eat in Reefton we kept going. A couple of sport tourers (BMW) then appeared in our rear view. We are averaging about 110 kph most of the time. They tolerated our pace for a while then whined on by. We saw them edge slowly ahead as we enjoyed the roads and then after a turnoff to skirt Greymouth, they were stopped by a tractor on a one way bridge. The tractor barely fit! One wheel was on the curb. I stopped for a pic behind them and the tractor mid bridge. They then roared on ahead and the farmer held out his thumb and forefinger an inch apart to me, to emphasize the lack of room his machine had to navigate the bridge. I gave him a thumbs up and prodded my 800 into action in distant pursuit of the sport tourers.

We rode to Blackball and cut off the corner to Greymouth, finding the coast road and marveling at the Hawaii like jungle cascading down the sheer hills to the water. Occasional jagged rocks broke up the smooth expanse of beach as we revved northward. We saw a good looking motorcycle oriented cafe at Barrytown and decided to share a pizza there since we weren't that hungry. Cool place. From there it was only 15-20' up to Punakaiki (Poo'-na-kai-key) where we saw tons of cars and campers right in town which consists of the famous pancake rocks on the beach side of the road and a few businesses and cafes on the inland side.

We then approached the coastal Punakaiki lodge and checked in, each having our own unit right by the beach. The ritual shower after riding was eschewed in favor of donning a swim suit and riding to the Punakaiki River where it joins the Tasman Sea, for an afternoon swim. But then realizing I didn't want to walk around Pancake rocks in a wet bathing suit, we turned around and buzzed the 1-2km back to Pancake rocks. Such a cool place! See the first pic above. There are blowhole pools where incoming waves make thunderous sounds and spray water. There are all sorts of connected caves and then there are the rocks! Limestone erosion and the ocean have created a wonder here. Strolled on the self guided tour for maybe 40 minutes and it is really worth a visit here. Then back to the river and I plunged into the river. Cool, but swimmable and super clear. Went into the ocean and nearly got swept out into the rocks by the surging current so managed to make it back to shore and stick to the river. 🏊‍♂️ 🌊 Soft sand lines the river and first dew feet are shallow, then one step and over your head it was. Back to the hacienda for a shower and then into "town" for dinner and entertainment at the not so inspired name "Pancake Rocks cafe". I ordered the manuka honey coated fried Halloumi cheese with an interesting Asian rice salad and polenta chips to accompany it. Halloumi is made from the local sheep and goats milk. At 7 the open mic night began. There were some regulars lined up and at least a couple were open about the fact that they were singing three songs to qualify for their free beer! One cool song I wished I had taped was about the longest place name in the world which due to it being on the North Island will escape a visit from me this trip. 85 characters long, I'll just paste a link to it here: https://www.google.com/search?q=longest%20maori%20place%20name We got chased away by one of the guys who just wasn't good and closed out the night at the very busy Tavern just north of our lodge. 🍺 😴

https://www.google.com/search?q=longest%20maori%20place%20name

#newzealand #advrider #mototours #pancakerocks

[pinkguacamole]

I’ll take my pancake rocks salty- with syrup, raspberries, and tourists on the side. 🥞

#pancakerocks #punakaiki #newzealand

[le-grand-saut-2019]

Qui a faim?! 🥞Bienvenue à Pancake Rock, étonnant mais bluffant ! #rocks #pancakerocks #westcoast #nz (à Pancake Rocks & Blowholes) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByeXRTrC8cH/?igshid=t7cu8xuxfeh9

#rocks #pancakerocks #westcoast #nz

[katikaxo]

“Although I deeply love oceans, deserts and other wild landscapes, it is only mountains that beckon me with that sort of painful magnetic pull to walk deeper and deeper into their beauty. They keep me continuously wanting to know more, feel more, see more.” ~ Victoria Erickson #mywholeweekend #hikelife #colorado #rmnp #millslake #cripplecreek #pancakerocks #mountains

#mywholeweekend #millslake #cripplecreek #hikelife #colorado #mountains #rmnp #pancakerocks

[remofella]

Spectacular, just imagine the sound of the water. The Pancake Rocks are presently explorable by a number of walkways winding through the rock formations, parts of these wheelchair-accessible and others carved into stairways up and down the rock faces. State Highway 6, the only through road on the West Coast, passes through the town. As well as visiting the rocks, tourists can stop and eat a stack of pancakes at a cafe across the road. #photography Copyright by @remofella #streetphotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #auckland #maori #shell #downunder #limestone #stone #art #pancake #southisland #penguin #pancakerocks #blowhole #store #downunder #paparoa #nature #westcoast #westpoint #forest #kiwi #newzealand #remofella #sea #beach #sand #nikonfe2 (hier: Punakaiki Pancake Rocks, Blowholes) https://www.instagram.com/p/COj_okmDx7k/?igshid=1ev2imzja87fn

#photography #streetphotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #auckland #maori #shell #downunder #limestone #stone #art #pancake #southisland #penguin #pancakerocks #blowhole #store #paparoa #nature #westcoast #westpoint #forest #kiwi #newzealand #remofella #sea #beach #sand #nikonfe2

[chloevarga]

Pancake Rocks, West Coast, New Zealand @westcoastnz @natgeoyourshot #westcoastnz #newzealand #pancakerocks #punakaiki #landscape #landscapephotography #travel #travelphotography #nature #natgeotravel #clovarcreative #getoutdoors #explore #adventure #tranquility #water (at Pancake Rocks Cafe)

#landscape #westcoastnz #pancakerocks #travel #clovarcreative #getoutdoors #travelphotography #punakaiki #explore #tranquility #landscapephotography #water #newzealand #natgeotravel #adventure #nature

[carolynenting]

Reflections #buddhabay #teakau #pancakerocks (at Te Akau, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaxfbsFPaOy/?utm_medium=tumblr

#buddhabay #teakau #pancakerocks

[camillepictures]

#Post 75 : Carnet de voyage NZ

Aujourd’hui nous commençons la journée avec un ciel voilé. A notre premier point stop, on distingue à peine l’horizon dans ce camaïeu de bleus... Et il est pourtant plus de 10h00.

Punakaiki - Pancacke rocks

Nous voici donc arrivées dans une zone très touristique, et connue pour ces rochers en forme de pancakes. Les falaises qui surplombent la mer sont constituées de dizaines de couches de calcaire.

Aujourd'hui encore, l'explication scientifique du phénomène reste incomplète.

De loin, sur le sentier, on pourrait croire à un train qui passe, tellement les vagues heurtent de plein fouet la côte. 

Et à marée haute, quand les vagues remontent par les cavités de la roche, cela s’appelle un “blowhole”, on peut traduire ça par évent, comme une baleine qui rejetterait sa vapeur d’eau.

Arthur Pass 

Nous quittons la côte et poursuivons notre route vers les terres, pour rejoindre le bourg d’Arthur Pass, qui en réalité n’a aucun intérêt ! Peu importe, les paysages étaient au rendez-vous et le soleil aussi...

Et nous avons même fait la rencontre d'un jeune kéa. Ce grand perroquet (48 cm) n'est retrouvé qu'ici, dans les forêts et montagnes sur l'île du Sud de la Nouvelle-Zélande. Il s'agissait d'un jeune, car le contour de ses yeux et de son bec sont jaunes, adulte, ils deviendront gris. Appelé “le clown des montagnes”, il s'attaque aux joints en caoutchouc et antennes de voitures sur les parkings de randos...

Sur la route à l'aller, pendant que Chloé dormait, j'avais repéré ce café restaurant plutôt atypique, avec plein de vieilles voitures et Gollum sur le toit. Je me suis dit, tiens on y passera au retour pour y prendre un café...

Nous voici en fait rentrées dans le musée des horreurs ! Une déco surchargée d’animaux empaillés (tarentule, opossums, poussins siamois...), d’objets insolites chinés je ne sais où...! 

Bref, les photos parlent d'elles-mêmes... Pause café du moins originale !

Petit tour aux toilettes...

Hokitika

Retour sur la côte pour passer la nuit, dans un petit village sans grand intérêt, si ce n’est pour observer des vers luisants !

Habituellement on peut les observer dans des caves. Nous devions le faire sur l’île du nord, mais il y avait eu une tempête à ce moment là, et bien souvent les caves se remplissent d’eau, donc cela devient impraticable. Puis d’autres sont gérées par des tours, mais cela est souvent très cher. 

Ici, l’accès est gratuit, bon ce n’est qu’une simple falaise au fond d’un petit chemin en bord de nationale. Mais à la tombée de la nuit, la magie opère... Evidemment, capturer cet instant est très difficile... Il faut s’imaginer dans l’obscurité avec des millions de points phosphorescents tout autour de soi, impressionnant !

Le 04 mai 2018

#nz #newzealand #punakaiki #pancakerocks #arthurpass #hokitika

[pinkguacamole]

Views like this within walking distance of my new job are icing on the pancake. 🥞 #pancakerocks

#pancakerocks #tenikauretreat #newzeland #punakaiki #westcoast #westcoastsouthisland #peacefulness #adventures

[haufson]

Haufson pancake pan with character #pan #pancake #pancakes #pancakesunday #pancakedurian #pancakeart #pancakerecipe #pancakeday #pancakestack #pancakelover #pancakeslover #koreanpancake #pancakesyrup #proteinpancake #pancakesandbooze #pancakerocks #oatmealpancakes #haufson #chocolatepancakes (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs-33eLluD6/?igshid=1570wyj9683os

#pan #pancake #pancakes #pancakesunday #pancakedurian #pancakeart #pancakerecipe #pancakeday #pancakestack #pancakelover #pancakeslover #koreanpancake #pancakesyrup #proteinpancake #pancakesandbooze #pancakerocks #oatmealpancakes #haufson #chocolatepancakes

[childofthewildd]

🥞🥞🥞 //#pancakes#pancakerocks#newzealand#vsco#vscocam#photography#travel#traveller#travelblog#vegan#nature#globetrotter#ocean#greatcoastroad#breakfastforchampions (at Pancake Rocks)

#vegan #vsco #newzealand #ocean #greatcoastroad #pancakes #vscocam #globetrotter #photography #travelblog #breakfastforchampions #nature #pancakerocks #traveller #travel

[mummaworld18]

Finally i made pancakes... 2nd attempt... Yummy and delicious breakfast for Sunday.... Before eclipse start, I am done.. What was your today's breakfast... #pancakes #pancake #pancakeart #pancakes🥞 #pancakerecipe #pancakestack #pancakeday #pancakesunday #pancakedurian #pancakelover #pancakeporn #pancakeslover #pancakeshealthy #pancakehouse . . #pancakebreakfast #pancakesyrup #pancakerocks #pancaketime #pancakesforbreakfast #toppings #peanutbuttertopping #appletopping #applepancake #chocolatesyrup . . #foodstyling #foodart #mummacooking2020 #fluffypancake (at JP Nagar, Bangalore South) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBrya8gF60L/?igshid=xqvkyqn13wcf

#pancakes #pancake #pancakeart #pancakes🥞 #pancakerecipe #pancakestack #pancakeday #pancakesunday #pancakedurian #pancakelover #pancakeporn #pancakeslover #pancakeshealthy #pancakehouse #pancakebreakfast #pancakesyrup #pancakerocks #pancaketime #pancakesforbreakfast #toppings #peanutbuttertopping #appletopping #applepancake #chocolatesyrup #foodstyling #foodart #mummacooking2020 #fluffypancake

[remofella]

Local conservation efforts including the Punakaiki Coastal Restoration Project which was started by the Department of Conservation, aluminum production company Rio Tinto, and Conservation Volunteers in 2009. The Project cover 40 ha. 4 km south of Punakaiki and is managed to restore the Sand Forest Flats and provide a forest to sea corridor. The land is owned by the Department of Conservation and includes the last remaining Westland petrel breeding site on mainland New Zealand. #photography Copyright by @remofella #streetphotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #auckland #maori #shell #downunder #limestone #stone #art #pancake #southisland #penguin #pancakerocks #blowhole #store #downunder #paparoa #nature #westcoast #westpoint #forest #kiwi #newzealand #remofella #sea #beach #sand #nikonfe2 (hier: Punakaiki Pancake Rocks, Blowholes) https://www.instagram.com/p/COigIHvD_j3/?igshid=zfltb1ophx3y

#photography #streetphotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #auckland #maori #shell #downunder #limestone #stone #art #pancake #southisland #penguin #pancakerocks #blowhole #store #paparoa #nature #westcoast #westpoint #forest #kiwi #newzealand #remofella #sea #beach #sand #nikonfe2