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Pancake Rocks and Blowholes - strong waves make it possible on the West Coast

Published: 25.11.2024

For now, we hold off on the pancakes and head to the Visitor Center. A magnet is our primary wish. There are beautiful T-shirts and other souvenir options available, but we don't let that distract us and leave the lovely new building with just a magnet.

Opposite is the access to the circular path that takes us through the various formations of the pancakes and allows us to view a few blowholes.

The circular path instantly reminds us of the Chinese Wall in its construction, at least the boundary walls at the beginning... We follow a path that resembles a corn maze, due to the countless flax plants over 2m high, but in many places, it also shows the characteristics of the rocks, and as a bonus, there are several washouts in the rocks that create holes, through which the crashing waves force themselves with a lot of noise. And this happens here every hour, every day, every week, every month, and every year... until the rock takes on a new shape... well, we didn't want to wait that long, but we are happy with the shape that the sea has revealed so far...

Since we have a long drive ahead of us and have already

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