

Grey District
Mawhera Heart of the West Coast
Greymouth is the largest town on the West Coast and has the turnaround of the TranzAlpine train journey, recognised as one of the top train trips in the world.
Explore Greymouth
Greymouth is the largest town on the West Coast and has the turnaround of the TranzAlpine train journey, recognised as one of the top train trips in the world and one form of public transport that you'll actually wish took a little bit longer.
Greymouth and the surrounding Grey Valley offer adventure activities, heritage attractions and guided nature tours.
Cycle the easy West Coast Wilderness Trail or visit Shantytown, a replica of a 1880's gold town.
Get muddy on a quad bike tour, go caving or whitewater rafting, head up the Croesus Track for a very scenic full day hike and then end your adventure with a good old local brew of Monteith's beer.
Getting to Greymouth
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Weather in Greymouth
Places to visit in the Grey District
Blackball
For a good half day trip from Greymouth head to the iconic West Coast town of Blackball.
This small town was the birth place of the New Zealand Labour party. Back in 1908 miners went on strike for three months to win a 30-minute lunch break. They won!
Nowdays it is more famous for The Blackball Salami Company, where they serve up "West Coast perfection".
Colin at Kereru Crafts makes his own woodwork creations and another good stop is Formerly the Blackball Hilton Hotel, named after an infamous dispute with a certain international hotel chain.
The Croesus Track follows an historic miners pack track and is open to trampers and mountain bikers.
You can either do the 45 minute walk to Garden Gully past an old miners hut or an 8 hour return walk to Croesus Knob.
For the more adventurous, make this a two-day walk and stay overnight in a Department of Conservation hut.
There are several historical places of interest in Blackball to visit here including an old mine site and the Blackball-Roa Railway Line.
Nelson Creek
North of Greymouth, Nelson Creek, has a great community run campground complete with:
- A playground,
- jump off point into a deep swimming hole,
- and historic walks through a landscape of tunnels and tailraces created by the gold miners.
Children love exploring the tunnels – just don’t forget to take a torch.
Stillwater
Stillwater township is a small town with a sad reminder of the area’s tragic history.
A total of 67 men were entombed in the Brunner Coalmine collapse in 1896 and you can still see the Brunner Mine remains just 2km out of Stillwater heading towards Greymouth.
Events
Events

Loudmouth is the West Coast's only performing arts festival, encompassing theatre, music, comedy, dance and more!
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See, do & stay
Grey District
See & Do

Action packed off road adventures for all ages through 250 acres of West Coast rainforest and farm.
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Grey District
See & Do

Trail Transport is a bus shuttle, bike hire and bag transfer service based in Greymouth.
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Grey District
See & Do

Join us along the beautiful West Coast highway for your chance to make your own bonecarving.
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Grey District
See & Do

Paparoa Shuttles provides all aspects of support services required to walk or ride the Paparoa Track.
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Grey District
Accommodation

The licensed Blackball Inn and ’08 café provides meals, a cosy place to linger and accommodation for up to 10 people. Our nearby historic “Emma’s” cottage sleeps six people. At the gateway to the Paparoa Great Walk.
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Eat & Drink

Open Lunch & Dinner 7 Days a week. Bar, TAB, Gaming Machines, Restaurant, Courtesy Coach