Category Archives: West Coast

West Coast Chaos

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Juliet Jones

Wild wet valleys of the West Coast firth. Tangled fronds dapple, lichen captivate. Life’s tired arteries of green-grey earth. Forgotten a while from Jurassic birth. Bent tourist elbows, erect to self-pixilate. Wild wet valleys of the West Coast firth. Mountain … Continue reading →

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Wet n Wild West Coast

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Juliet Jones

I asked my daughter what she would remember about the West Coast and the predictable answer I got was: “The RAIN! Rain submerging our windscreen, but I was doing my best to stay under the small slither of blue above … Continue reading →

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Waterfalls & Rainbows – 26 July

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Juliet Jones

The West Coast is famous for its early settler and gold mining legacy, its eighty percent coverage of luscious New Zealand native bush, its heritage and nature walks, its art and crafts people, it quartz jade and coal, its glaciers, … Continue reading →

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