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From Christchurch to Greymouth

Taking Route 73, we drove from Christchurch on the east coast to Greymouth on the west coast

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A better view of how the river wends its way through the wide gravel bed.
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A nameless waterfall along Rt 73
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A mountain along the way.

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The view from Arthurs Pass
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Monument at Arthur's Pass: "To the memory of Arthur Dudley Dobson, K.T., Pioneer, Explorer, Surveyor, Civil Engineer, who discovered this pass March 12 1864. Born Islington, London, England . Died Christchurch, NZ 1894."
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Waterfall at Arthurs Pass

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View from Arthurs Pass
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Otira Viaduct. Built to avoid a badly twisty and dangerous passage up above the scree on the right.
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Otira Viaduct

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Board showing the new viaduct and the old road (seen below the viaduct). We drove up the short road to the lookup, and walked to the first corner, which is aptly named "Death's Corner" as it is steep, and sharp, and drops off to cliffs on both sides. It's easy to see why they decided to build the viaduct.
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The weather improves.
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nice view

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The ocean near Greymouth.
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The beach at Greymouth. This is a very rocky beach, as you can see, but it had many interesting stones - John and I both picked up a few as souveniers.
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The beach at Greymouth, looking left

252.85 Kb A better view of how the river wends its way through the wide gravel bed.	441.25 Kb A nameless waterfall along Rt 73	256.35 Kb A mountain along the way.
271.69 Kb The view from Arthurs Pass	337.46 Kb Monument at Arthur's Pass: "To the memory of Arthur Dudley Dobson, K.T., Pioneer, Explorer, Surveyor, Civil Engineer, who discovered this pass March 12 1864. Born Islington, London, England . Died Christchurch, NZ 1894."	251.08 Kb Waterfall at Arthurs Pass
215.45 Kb View from Arthurs Pass	422.07 Kb Otira Viaduct. Built to avoid a badly twisty and dangerous passage up above the scree on the right.	350.39 Kb Otira Viaduct
437.76 Kb Board showing the new viaduct and the old road (seen below the viaduct). We drove up the short road to the lookup, and walked to the first corner, which is aptly named "Death's Corner" as it is steep, and sharp, and drops off to cliffs on both sides. It's easy to see why they decided to build the viaduct.	879.68 Kb The weather improves.	280.93 Kb nice view
906.17 Kb The ocean near Greymouth.	317.26 Kb The beach at Greymouth. This is a very rocky beach, as you can see, but it had many interesting stones - John and I both picked up a few as souveniers.	310.71 Kb The beach at Greymouth, looking left