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Kumara is a gold-rush rock star, complete with an enormous rock to prove it. Find Seddon's story, the Theatre Royal and the West Coast Wilderness Trail rolling through.

A full-day loop from Greymouth through gold-rush Kumara, the Greenstone backroad, Lake Brunner's quiet Inchbonnie coves, Moana, a toy-sized schoolhouse and the Brunner Mine.

Ross is a backwater gold town that's history without the boring bits: try gold panning, walk the water race and cemetery, and find New Zealand's biggest nugget story.

Lake Brunner's dark, tannin-stained water turns to a mirror on still days. Explore quiet Inchbonnie coves, Carew Falls, trout fishing and Moana's heritage railway station.

Blackball is the West Coast town that refused to die: a 1908 lunch-break strike that changed New Zealand, a pub that upset Hilton, award-winning salami and the gateway to the Paparoa Range.

Hokitika is touristy, yet undeniably attractive: a cool little town of driftwood beaches, pounamu studios, heritage streets and a turquoise gorge on the doorstep.