Westland National Park |
Old Fox Glacier Guiding bus |
German Rotel Tours bus |
Cook Flat Road to Lake Matheson |
Lake Matheson |
Southern Alps, Cook Flat |
Mount Tasman |
Mount Cook |
Lake Matheson |
Mount Tasman |
Lake Matheson |
There is a nice 1 hour hike around Lake Matheson |
Come early for the famous reflections at Lake Matheson |
Lake Matheson |
Ferns, Lake Matheson trail |
Lake Matheson trail |
Ferns, Lake Matheson trail |
Cook Flat, clouds starting to build late morning |
Mount Tasman |
Pond at Glacier Helicopters base |
Paradise Duck (Tadorna varigata) |
Paradise Duck (Tadorna varigata) |
Paradise Duck (Tadorna varigata) |
Paradise Duck (Tadorna varigata) |
Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers are part of Westland National Park |
Another decorated rental minibus |
Short hike to the tongue of Fox Glacier |
Fox Glacier |
Fox Glacier |
Fox Glacier |
Fox Glacier trail |
Fox Glacier |
Fox Glacier |
Fox Glacier |
Fox Glacier |
Fox Glacier Terminal Face |
Fox Glacier |
Fox Glacier |
Fox Glacier |
Fox Glacier |
Valley below Fox Glacier |
Silt laden Fox River |
View of Fox Glacier from Glacier View Road |
An attempt to control possums and other invasive species |
Short hike on Mount Fox accessible from the road south of the Fox River Bridge |
Short hike to a viewpoint, Westland National Park |
Forest hike to Fox Glacier viewpoint |
View of Fox Glacier from the end of the trail |
Fox Glacier view |
Fox Glacier view |
Fox Glacier view |
Franz Josef Airfield |
Franz Josef Glacier, Westland National Park |
Franz Josef Glacier |
...after spending so much time at Fox Glacier, we didn't hike to the start of Franz Josef |
Westland National Park visitor's centre, Franz Josef |
Westland National Park visitor's centre, Franz Josef |
Relief model of Mount Cook and the glaciers |
Relief model, Franz Josef visitor's center |
The ridge we flew in the helicopter |
Early NZ Railroad poster |
Kiwi, Franz Josef Visitor's Centre |
Franz Bookshop & Mount Cook Ski Planes |
Hukawai Glacier Centre, Franz Josef |
Another one of those painted minivans |
Whataroa, White Heron Store...looking for ice cream for Debbie |
Maori art, Whataroa |