Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Sights & Activities
Shantytown
(
www.shantytown.co.nz
;
Rutherglen Rd, Paroa; adult/child/family $31.50/15.50/74; 8.30am-5pm)
Eight kilo-
metres south of Greymouth and 2km inland from SH6, Shantytown re-creates a 1860s
gold-mining town, complete with steam-train rides, post office, pub and Rosie's House of
Ill Repute. There's also gold panning, a flying fox, sawmill, a gory hospital and 10-minute
holographic movies in the Princess Theatre.
MUSEUM
Left Bank Art Gallery
MAP
GALLERY
GOOGLE MAP
(
www.leftbankarts.org.nz
; 1 Tainui St; admission by donation; 10am-4pm daily)
This 90-year-old former
bank houses contemporary NZ jade carvings, prints, paintings, photographs and ceramics.
The gallery also fosters and supports a wide society of West Coast artists.
History House Museum
(
www.history-house.co.nz
;
27 Gresson St; adult/child $6/2; 10am-4pm Mon-Fri)
This museum documents
Greymouth's pre-1920 history with an impressive collection of photographs.
MUSEUM
TranzAlpine
( 03-341 2588, 0800 872 467;
www.kiwirailscenic.co.nz
;
adult/child one way from $99/69; departs Christch-
urch 8.15am, Greymouth 1.45pm)
The
TranzAlpine
is one of the world's great train journeys, tra-
versing the Southern Alps between Christchurch and Greymouth, from the Pacific Ocean
TRAIN TOUR
