Barrytown

There is a song by Steely Dan entitled: "Barrytown", I'm not sure if the song refers to the Barrytown that is found in the South Island of New Zealand between Greymouth and Franz Josef glacier but the lyrics fit.

"I'm not one to look behind, I know that things must change...
But over there in Barrytown they do things very strange...

But look at what you wear...
And the way you cut your hair...

I can see by what you carry that you come from Barrytown..."

In Barrytown, there is the All Nations pub. The pub doesn't open till 3pm.

And the rocky beach where you can look for greenstone, jade.

Now what else is there?

You can make bone carvings with Jimmy and Graeme. Or you can make your own knife with Steve.

There's the Rata Cafe just twenty minutes walk up the road and it's only 20 mins by car back to Punakaiki, which also has a pub.

It's a hectic day in Barrytown.

To give you a sense of Barrytown, they have a rifle range on the way to the beach which is directly opposite the Cemetary. So if there's an accident they just drag you straight across.

I can't really tell you what happened in Barrytown. In fact, I'm not even supposed to tell you where Barrytown is.

As Jimmy would say: "Youse cunts can come back but don't tell anyone else about Barrytown."

We had a whole day off in Barrytown.