Arthurs Pass and to the West.

Saturday - hit the car, drive through Sheffield via Arthurs Pass over to Greymouth on the West Coast.

This is a pic from the Trans Alpine Train that goes from Christchurch to Greymouth. Tjhe train travels between Christchurch and Greymouth, from one coast of New Zealand to the other. From the carriage you'll see the fields of the Canterbury Plains and farmland, followed by the spectacular gorges and river valleys of the Waimakariri River. The TranzAlpine train then climbs into the Southern Alps before descending through lush beech rain forest to the West Coast town of Greymouth – a great base for visits to Punakaik and the always popular glaciers.

But we did not do this as we drove!