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- Sep 28, 2024, 5:00 PM
- ☁️ 11 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- New ZealandWest CoastGrey DistrictCobdenCobden Island42°26’33” S 171°11’34” E
Greymouth Seaside Walk 🌊
September 28 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
After a nice little afternoon nap I decided to take a walk along the seaside of Greymouth. What was going to be a short walk to the beach and back ended up being a 7.5km loop past the airport, along the beach, river, wharf and then an early dinner at a brewery.
Starting with the walk past the airport to the beach I started googling if there was anyway to get airborne from here today. My wallet sighed with relief when I found no commercial or joy flights available. Onto the beach I went. Coming from Australia I relate beaches with sand, but this beach was small pebbles that got smaller the closer they were to the waters edge. NZ being dramatic again as the crashing waves erode the rocks down to small smooth pebbles.
I passed a bench alongside the beach that said “nudists welcome”. I’m not sure if it’s an offical nudist beach or area, but either way getting sand stuck in your bits is one thing, but pebbles - no thanks. Plus it was a bit cold to get ones 🍆 out today 😂.
I walked north along the beach back towards the river along a cycle trail. The crashing of the waves on the beach sounded so powerful. Mother Nature at work showing her strength. Once I reached the breakwater where the river joined the sea the sound of the pebbles being rolled around was loud. A sign suggested swimming was dangerous, but supervise your children if you go swimming here. It looked so rough even on this calm day I would be too scared to even consider swimming here.
Overlooking the breakwater beach is a driftwood house, made of, you guessed it, driftwood. Quite a unique creation with a couple of ‘rooms’ (I guess you’d call them) perched high on the pebble beach. After watching the waves crash for a few minutes I walked along the river back toward the town centre.
The path direct to the town centre is blocked by the wharf, requiring a detour around a mini harbour and then through the industrial area of town. Not very scenic here, especially the waste water treatment plant, but given I can’t walk on water it was unavoidable.
Instead of going back into town (I’ll leave that for the morning) I went to Monteith’s Brewery for an early dinner. After eating all day I just got some small venison sliders and a non alcoholic ginger beer. The brewery was ok but the busker / entertainer sounded better when he was on a break. After dinner took a 15min walk back to my hotel and had a lovely soak in the spa bath. A great way to end the day!Read more
Traveler Omg looks and sounds amazing