Gillespie Beach

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Being out of queenstown at last - we were all very keen to go some "activities"... so upon our arrival in Fox Glacier town, we headed straight off the the "little known secret" that was Gillespie beach. It get's a one word mention in one of the guidebooks, and otherwise we had heard from a couple people that it was well worth the visit. And to add frills to the occasion, it was Judith's 24th Birthday - a bbq was obligatory.,... despite the greying clouds and ominous rain!


Maybe it was because it was one of the first "touristy" things we had done in a while, maybe it was because it was jude's birthday - but whatever the reason, we had a great time huddled around our disposable barbeque, sheltering from the wind and rain, and making numerous (mostly failed) attempts at a self timer photo incorporating all of us.


After a bottle of wine (it was a birthday occasion!!) we returned to the hostel to get a little rest before our gentle stroll on Fox Glacier the next day. I watched the 2nd half of Muriel's Wedding (too much abba, sorry)... and Veritcal Limit... a vaguely cheesy holywood style flick about come people climbing K2...at one stage, your man jumps across a canyon, with only ice picks in hand, and sticks them into the cliff face the other side of the canyon
- all very far fetched, but it didn't change the fact that i couldnt wait to get my hands on those ice picks!

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Photos

self timer fun...
(L-R) Niamh, Judith, Me

BBQ...
only a bbq arranged by girls would involve ingredients other than meat. (sigh)