Haast-Pass

27th November 2009 This morning revealed that the glorious weather we had yesterday had once again left us, and it was pretty miserable and cold. We left the holiday park we’d spent the night at and pulled over in Fox Village for a morning coffee before making the 3km journey down the road to Fox Glacier itself. Fox Glacier is smaller than Franz Josef. From a viewpoint a few yards from the carpark you can get quite a good view of the glacier and its terminal face. Having done Franz Josef yesterday, and with the weather not being up to much we settled for taking a couple of snaps from here and heading on down the road. ...

28th November 2009 There was a big surprise for us this morning - overnight the rain had cleared and it looked like a beautiful day was in store. Jumping out of the campervan shortly after 7am, to be presented with views like this, views that were completely hidden in the rain and cloud of the previous evening. ...