Day 11 Nelson to Hokitika
Our hopes that our tyre was fine were dashed as it had gone flat over night so we pumped it up again, knowing that it would at least last the day's driving. Our road trip continued closely following the western coast of the South Island, stopping by Cape Foulwind, then from there to Pancake Rocks, which were quite impressive to see. Apparently scientists still don't know why the rocks have formed in this unusual way.
One thing we have noticed all over New Zealand is the amount of road works, not a day has passed where we haven't been stopped multiple times by road maintenance.
The weather has been surprisingly pleasant but the forecast for the next two days was pretty grim. We debated pushing on to see Hokitika Gorge this evening while the weather was still good but decided instead to get an early start the next day.
As the car tyre was going to be a pain if we didn't do something about it, M swapped it for the unused and fully inflated spare in the boot. It was actually quite surprising that we would pick up a rental car in such a condition.
Hokitika beach is known for it's driftwood, and there was lots of it around on the dark grey sand. The sunset that evening was also quite a good one, with lots of people trying to get the perfect photo.
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