... around a while until the Sun came out, and we got some good views of Fox and Franx Josef Glaciers.
We headed up to WelcomeFlat Hut, about six hours from Fox Glacier. There were loads of creeks to be crossed along the way. The locals just breeze ...
... kommen wuerden. Nahe des Ortes Fox, haben wir den Geheimtip erhalten, gaebe es in den Bergen heisse Quellen, die WelcomeFlat Hot Springs. Wir also sofort hin. Ein 7-stuendiger Wanderweg durch ein Flusstal fuehrte uns dann bei strahlendem Wetter zu den ...
... but all in all we decided it needed a power wash, very dirty.
We continued out into the bush and walked to WelcomeFlat the following day. 7 hours of gorgeous views and waterfalls everywhere, with natural hot springs to sooth our aching muscles ...
... our second track - Copland track. This is a 17 km long track, for each direction which includes one night in a hut called "WelcomeFlat Hut" and has natural warm pools next to it.
When we just parked Dardasaba in the beginning of the track we were ...
... und zu – wenn es der dichte Wald zuließ – ein Blick auf die verschneiten Berge in der Mt. Cook Region. Am WelcomeFlat angekommen hatten wir die Quellen ganz für uns alleine… Es kam 50 Grad heißes Wasser aus einer halben Quadratmeter ...
... lot recently, about myself. I don't like cities. I don't like living in Nelson, which is a relatively large city for the SouthIsland (it's about the size of Castro Valley). My favorite places in NewZealand have been remote, and felt very isolated... ...
... to turn back after a truly amazing experience.
our further plans for glacier country were to hike the copeland track up to the welcomeflat hut and hot pools, although this was not to be. A large storm from the southern ocean was charging west through ...
To celabrate Queen's Birthday (why don't we do that at home??) a bunch of us tramped up to the hot pools at WelcomeFlat. As we peered out the window at the dreary wet and wind discussions popped up about whether we would make it across the numerous ...
... , rock hopping along huge glacial river beaches, abseiling down steep banks and bouncing our way across very suspect looking suspension bridges. The WelcomeFlat DOC Hut that we were due to stay in was fairly basic so we needed to carry with us sleeping ...
... hardly complain. We arrived at the hut and met Rod who had been up at the hut for a week for his fourth time of volunteering at welcomeflat. The pot belly stove was roaring and the cup of tea he made was one of the best ive tasted. It was so nice to be ...