About
six kilometers north of Greymouth lies the Seventeen Mile Bluff Beach,
a small beach along the Tasmanian Sea on the South Island of New
Zealand. The origin of the name for the beach is the cliff with the
same name and which is crossed today by the State Highway 6 which
follows the western coast of New Zealand. Most likely, early British
sailors gave the bluff its name when mapping the coast line. On the way
to Greymouth other bluffs can be past: The Fourteen-, Twelve- and the
Nine Mile Bluff. |