Pancakes are not for breakfast!

A quick walk around the Pancake Rocks at Punakaiki on the West Coast, NZ while slurping a banana and strawberry smoothie. Our day was full with a 4 hour train ride up the Buller Gorge and a tour of an old Coal Mining area 600 metres high in the mountains. By Bus homewards to our hotel in Greymouth down through great coastal scenic beauty.

[Sally Ings]

What a fabulous scene!

[Simply Amanda]

Such a beautiful view!!

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Beautiful

[Beryl Lloyd]

A stunning formation of rocks - no doubt eroded away by the pounding sea ! Great textures and colouration in the rocks ! Sounds such a great scenic tour !

[gloria jones]

Fabulous shot, composition...great, rugged rock formations

[Dixie Goode]

Wow! A fantasy landscape

[Graham Thresher]

Love the rugged rocks.

[📸 Bulldog 📷]

What a lovely place!

[Corrie]

Great that you can also show our beautiful West Coast!!

[julia]

Great shot.. it's a fantastic place .. where you there at full tide to get all the blow holes going..

[Rosie Kerr]

Wonderful rugged rocks and cliffs... magnificent scenery.

[Margaret Pengelly]

What a great shot. Don't see much of the west coast. Love the light going right down into the water. Well timed.

[Phil Cameron]

What a fabulous shot

[Pat Knowles]

Stunning rock formation maggiemae........we are seeing new parts of NZ!

[Cally]

The west coast is beautiful. I can recall as if it were a month ago the birds flying along next to me walking in the ancient woodlands, watching with awe the crashing of waves coming up through the pancake rocks, panning for fools gold... the scenery is stunning there. Thank you for bringing the memories back.

[Janiskay]

Boy this is some adventure you are having!

[Gillian]

Wow! Stunning clarity and focus!

[Bep]

Stunning landscape.

[summerfield]

this is gorgeous!!!!

[KWind]

Beautiful!

[ShirleyB]

Beautiful landscape capture. Love the colours and patterns in the rocks.

[Susan]

Beautiful!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

That is gorgeous! If it were a bit wider (a big bit!) it would look like the Grand Canyon and Colorado River.

[katy]

Fantastic layers of lava rock that look like elephant hide! A stunning scene that is enhanced by the river through it!

[Milanie]

Stunning.

[Kerri Michaels]

wow.. fav

[Rosan]

Beautiful scene!

[Lesley Chisholm]

Wow, that's pretty. It's more like something I'd imagine seeing on the West Coast of Australia than in NZ. Sounds like you had a fun filled day!

[Cathie]

Wow. What a gorgeous and dramatic place.

[Joyce]

Wow. Great shot Maggiemae Where were you standing to get this POV not about to indulge in some 'extreme' sport I hope.

[Sandra McGowan]

Must be lovely to view

[Kim Harper]

At a quick glance these pancake rocks seem to have faces. Maybe I'm just thinking of Mt Rushmore in the U.S. Enjoy your trip and thanks for sharing it with all of us!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Wonderful shot.

[Maggiemae]

@ishutter I thought that too, Kim. A grizzly face on the right! Been to Mt Rushmore too!

[jo]

Lovely colours, especially the light you have captured on the orange and aquamarine .

[summerfield]

i want to go there! that is an amazing view!

[Ashley]

Stunning colors!

[Boxplayer]

Great rock textures.

[Osia Strasner]

This looks like breathtakingly beautiful scenery! I am assuming nobody ventures down those rocks!

[Maggiemae]

@panthora It is all well railed off but a determined person could get over and down!