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Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fox Glacier February 29th 2016

Next stop was Glacier Country. We arrived into Fox Glacier early afternoon from Greymouth, an old gold mining town, where we had stopped off for one night to break up the long journey down. We were only staying for a couple of nights so decided to walk up to Fox Glacier that afternoon. It was a really nice walk and we got some brilliant views from the viewing point of the glacier. We had planned on walking on the glaciers, I've done it previously with my parents, but due to the ever changing weather conditions and the speed the glaciers are melting at we weren't able to unless we took a helicopter journey to the top, which wasn't quite in budget unfortunately. That was a shame but it was still great to see and just as ... read more
Views coming into Fox Glacier
Progression of the glacier
Walk to Fox Glacier

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fox Glacier January 28th 2016

It was a damp, drizzly start to the next day but the downpour had stopped during the night and I was able to explore the Aspiring Motel grounds a little bit. They were surprisingly pretty; green and lush with a stream running through them. Our neighbours left about 9 am and we were on the road an hour behind them. We called in at the Haast Visitor Centre, given that we were passing anyway, and it was packed. Who would have thought so many people would be staying in the area - not me for sure as it had seemed that we were almost on our own in the middle of the rainforest! There was a veeerrryyy looonnnggg bridge at Jackson's Landing - I couldn't see the other end of it but I was very aware ... read more
Haast bridge
Lake Paringa - underwater road
L Mathieson, without the mirror!

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fox Glacier March 21st 2015

It was a bit grey and overcast with light rain but we'll worth the hike up the loose rocks to get to within 200 metres of the Fox Glacier. ... read more
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Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fox Glacier February 26th 2015

It's Friday morning here, the sun is shining, the sky is crystal clear, and the mountains are calling my name. We have some beautiful weather for the hikes I have planned for today. We arrived in Fox Glacier yesterday afternoon. There are two glaciers here, Fox and Franz Josef . Franz Josef is about 30 minutes north of where we are staying in Fox Glacier Township. We drove through that village yesterday, stopped for lunch, and popped in at the visitor's center. Franz Josef is more touristy than Fox, and I try to avoid the overly touristy spots at all costs. Fox is a quiet village, and out the kitchen window of our cabin I watch two horses graze and see the mountains a very short distance away. I would love to always have this view ... read more
Me on the Swing Bridge
Rainforest Walk

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fox Glacier February 20th 2014

Climbing Fox Glacier which terminates less than 300 m above level is a experience for life. How is it that these Glacier- Franz and Fox- extend so low? It's a combination of large catchments feeding into steep, funnel-like narrow glacial valleys, plus a lubricating climate. It touched mouraines, I was trapped in crevasses......... read more
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Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fox Glacier December 13th 2013

Today the weather was lovely when we woke up, and the sky was really clear over Lake Wanaka. I went for a little stroll whilst Daryl, Gareth and Michelle did some phys, and Jan Den Laura and Rhydian took the boys for a walk. Reuben went for a splash in the lake, which he said was good, but freezing. The view over the lake was gorgeous, and I took some photos whilst it was all calm and still with few people milling around. It was my turn to have a go at driving this morning, so I did a little bit to the first stop as we headed towards Haast Pass. The views were stunning and the roads were quite nice to drive, but I still took it easy as I'd never driven a camper before. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fox Glacier November 25th 2013

Monday 25th November, 2013. Fox Glacier and Scenic Drive to Wanaka, Otago, South Island, New Zealand. Today was the worst weather we had had so far. We woke up in Franz Josef and it was hammering it down with rain. After breakfast we set off for the Fox Glacier. We had decided to go for the Chalet View Track to the Fox Glacier as we had done the valley walk to the Franz Josef Glacier. The Chalet View would allow us to look down on the glacier (if we could see through the clouds!). We arrived at the car park and found that there was only one other car there - nobody else was mad enough to do it in those weather conditions. We set off fully kitted out in our wet gear. The first sign ... read more
6.  M at the Chalet Lookout
20.  The Fantail Falls.
25. M on the Swing Bridge at the Blue Pools

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fox Glacier November 23rd 2013

Le lendemain matin, c'est direction le sud, pour 20km a flan de colline, le long cela merque se trouve cet endroit stupéfiant, le glacier de Fox, il s'agit d'un glacier qui fini a seulement 300m du niveau de la mer, en fait un des glaciers les plus accessibles au monde. La visite comme tel est une marche d'une bonne heure pour se rendre au pied du glacier, puis on enfile des crampons, on enfile une couche de vêtement additionnel et on marche pour pratiquement 2h sur le glacier comme tel. Pour ceux qui se demandent à quoi ça ressemble un glacier, c'est bien simple,c'est un peu comme les banc de neige a la fin de l'hiver, de la glace et beaucoup de roche. Les photos que l'on voit des glaciers entièrement immaculés et bleu sont prise ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fox Glacier March 26th 2013

I awake to a very damp smelling room, joy, but hoorah, it’s not raining! I go for a walk to the other end of town just in case I missed something yesterday (unfortunately not) and pick up some milk for breakfast from the petrol station on the way back. After breakfast and a spot more reading as I wait for the cloud to clear a little more, I walk the 6km out of town to Lake Matherson, to check out its famous reflections. When I reach the lake I am relieved to find there is more life then the whole of Fox Glacier town combined! It has a very posh and lovely café/restaurant and an art gallery come gift shop. Despite it starting to rain very lightly, I head to complete the 1.5hr walking circuit of ... read more
Fox Glacier - Lake Matherson (15)
Fox Glacier - Lake Matherson
Fox Glacier - Lake Matherson (4)

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fox Glacier March 20th 2013

The West Coast After a long drive from Abel Tasman, we arrived in Westport where we had originally planned to spend the day. We realised very quickly that there was actually very little to see or do there....its never a good sign when the girl in the information office has to think for a minute before half-heartedly suggesting a half hour walk. Seeing as it was a bit of a miserable day, we decided to give the walk a miss and head on to Punakaiki and the famous Pancake rocks. Pancake rocks but the Giants Causeway is of cause-way better... The pancake rocks, so called because they look like a stack of pancakes, were pretty impressive but neither of us were wowed quite as much as some of the people who had written in the visitors ... read more




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