saw the Pancake rocks...and did a mountain bike trail with Dagmar...we rode up through a track in the forest to a place called Cave Canyon...one of the most unbelievable sights I've seen this trip...

The canyon was deep down beneath two sides of the valley, and only fills up during a flood, so it was a dry river bed, that had become overgrown with some of the stunning flora and fauna from the surrounding forest. it was cold as it was shaded from the sun, so even on a red hot day we could see our breath in the air..the place was errie and very mysterious..could easily have been used in a film...there was a plaque warning that 10 people drowned here 12 years before from the flood water raging through the caves then into the canyon...so we didn't hang around too long...

written by  tomrendell on March 4, 2007 from Punakaiki, New Zealand
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Hi Tom - I know you're ahead of us but 1st April is amazing!! It's 7th March here today!!

That's a different sort of bike ride - everywhere looks amazing, smashing photos.

Love mumxx

written by  lynda rendell on March 7, 2007

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