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April 12th 2013
Published: May 4th 2013
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Friday, 12th April - Day Nine: Wanaka to Franz Josef, 288km (173 miles). This is glacier country. A gorgeous morning, sunny and bracing. The west coast is very different from the east. Today we cross 28 one way bridges, pass craggy rocks and high mountains, blue and green pools, rivers, waterfalls and lakes, and eventually enter Glacier country to view both Fox and Franz Josef glaciers but sadly only from a distance. In Franz Josef town, Howard and I got a private film viewing of a helicopter tour over both glaciers and Mt. Cook just because the Adventure Centre was about to close for the day and we were the last people to arrive.

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first view of Lake Hawea first view of Lake Hawea
first view of Lake Hawea

along Highway 6 not too far from Wanaka
Lake HaweaLake Hawea
Lake Hawea

clear road and a clear day
waterfall waterfall
waterfall

near the northern end of Lake Wanaka
Makarora Country CafeMakarora Country Cafe
Makarora Country Cafe

getting diesel
another herd of deeranother herd of deer
another herd of deer

opposite the Country Cafe
part of huge treepart of huge tree
part of huge tree

forest walk to the Blue Pools


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