Exploring Charleston NZ - A Real West Coast Gem
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ก.พ. 2023
- Charleston, located between Greymouth and Westport on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island is a real 'blink and you miss it' town. At first glance, there is not much going on but it has a fair bit to offer.
It's home to some pretty stunning beaches, a really interesting old gold mine called Mitchells Gully, and is the start of the brand new Kawatiri Coastal Trail, a 50km biking & walking trail that will eventually go all the way from Charleston to Westport via Cape Foulwind.
If you ever find yourself driving along the West Coast make sure you stop and check it out!
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What do you reckon about Charleston? Worth stopping?
Thank you for this video!!! Gotta love the stunning West Coast!!!
It’s amazing aye! One of our favourite places in New Zealand for sure 😊
@@AdventuresWithRosy absolutely!!!😊
Great video. Loved the drone footage.
Thanks Bob!
Suuuuunny day... chasing the clouds away...
Haha yeh was it poor timing posting a summer video in the middle of a cyclone 🤔
pretty cool spot
Not bad aye!
Great video, did you see the "Nile River Train"
? great for a ride through the forest and back. Just behind Charleston.
Ah no we didn’t! Will have to put it on the list and go back at some stage 😊
Charleston is a really pretty area and well worth exploring. How lucky you were to have a local contact. Thanks for the lovely and informative video.
Thanks Robin! Yeh really nice to have someone reach out and give us a place to camp. Really enjoyed it 😊
Another added to our bucket list. Thanks team. We're in Hanmer at the moment heading to Christchurch tomorrow. Will be going up the west coast in about ?????? weeks.
Oh nice! Hope you enjoyed Hanmer? Hopefully you are dodging all this crazy weather?
It was so awesome to have the 8 of you enable some time in your travels to explore Charleston.
With Constant Bay, the Nile River mouth beach, the award winning Suspension Bridge, the Waitakere Section (1 of 9 parts) of the Kawatiri Coastal Trail plus Mitchells Gully Mine - you really captured a few of the local delights well on those days!!
Your drone footage is very cool too - great skills Bronson.
We keenly look forward to your Denniston & Millerton episode next!
Best wishes with the Pohutakawa trees & thanks so much again for visiting. It was very special for Shane & I to meet you all after being viewers of your channel from the beginning.
Thanks so much for having us Sarah! We loved our time there 😊 great work on the bike trail too that is a fantastic achievement! Hope it puts Charleston on the map! Thanks again for having us!
What great hospitality you showed to that family
Must do south island and revisit charleston
@@cedricbadger1348 they were very nice people! Was very kind of them to put us up and share Charleston with us!
Beautiful scenery, loved the drone footage😊
Thanks TJ. It’s nice to have a drone again 😊
Just found your video.
In 1965 I went through charleston with my parents and saw the old European hotel ready to fall. I still marvel that I was there to see it.
Your children are privileged to have explored that region and when older they will enjoy reading its history
Thank you
Thanks Cedric! It’s a great part of New Zealand isn’t it, so much history there! We love the West Coast, have collected a few history books about it in our travels.
Stunning drone shots in this one. But, I mean, it is NZ :-). That one of the kids going into the three tunnels was too cute. Do you not worry about getting lost in the tunnels?
A couple of the tunnels had a few junctions but most of them were just one big long tunnel 😊 apologies for the tardy response!
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hay Bronson, what make and model tow wagon do you use to tow the caravan? thanks. keep up the good work on your channel.love it.
Thanks Cliff! Appreciate it 👍 car is an Isuzu MU-X a 2015 model from memory. does a pretty good job of towing the caravan.
I not a tunneller but HE is so he would enjoy that place. 😀
Haha he would!
A great wee explore of the Charlestown area, definitely a nice place. I've been through Mitchell's gold mine a few times but never actually met anyone there yet, cool to get some more of the history.
Hope the trees travel well and become established up there in Taupō
I can confirm the trees are still alive haha! Hopefully we can keep the frost off them 👍 you guys ok with all this wild weather?
@@AdventuresWithRosy great, yes keep them sheltered from the frost. We are all OK down here, Blenheim was barely affected. We had a wet windy trip through Kaikoura today but it is clearing up.
Cool video, lovely drone shots, I've always called into Constant Bay and walked the trails there, more to do I see. Great area!
It’s a nice spot aye! Didn’t even know those bays were there! Glad we stopped 😊
Bikes on car roof racks?
Yeh that might be a good idea, wonder if the e-bikes are a little awkward to lift that high? Ute would be good 🤔