We took the van over on The Lynx
fast ferry from Wellington on the North Island to Picton
on the South Island. Then drove across the north to Abel Tasman National
Park and then
down The West Coast in the shadow of The Southern Alps to the Franz Josef
Glacier.
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Picton - near Marlborough Sounds. |
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Kaiteriteri. |
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Kayaks - great little sea kayak trips. |
www.seakayak.co.nz | Split Apple
Rock,
Abel Tasman coastline. Some Maori legend cleaved it with a sword. |
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| Franz Josef
Glacier. Heli Hike - Chopper trip over the glaciers and snow fields with 2 hours on the ice. www.helicopter.co.nz |
Linzi "Bonington" Balshaw. | "Hello Mum!" |
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| Truly awesome...... | The Glacier from the helicopter. |
From Frans Josef we briefly
visited The Fox Glacier and then continued south
and over The Haast Pass to Wanaka and Queenstown.
