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Day 12 and 13 - Wanaka
Today we left Frank Josef, our next destination is Wanaka. As we drove out of the Lake View motel we saw a clear view of Frank Josef glacier. We stopped in town and take some pictures. After Frank Josef we drove by Fox glacier, we did not stop or take any pictures of the glacier. Fox glacier looks bigger than FJ glacier. As we continued driving, I …
P-p-p-p-pick up a...
We departed early from FJ and made our way down the coast. Stopping at Lake Moeraki for a tramp into the jungle to Monro Beach in the hope of seeing Fiordland penguins. We broke out of the bush to the beach and found a big rock to sit on and wait, and wait, and wait. Just as we decided that the penguins were not coming out to play and we were …
Wanaka - what a difference an "a" makes.
After Penguins we progressed to Wanaka and had a little panic that we couldn't remember where we were staying. A little detective work and we worked it out. Wanaka is a pretty small town (pop. 4000) but there are about 5 places called lakeside or lakeview or whatever. Anyway we were in Lakeview Motel on Lismore St. (Nice, great view and pretty …
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... stretched off up the mountain.
Once we had walked up to the glacier view point and back to the car we continued our drive south. Today was to be another long drive day but, as is usually the case in New Zealand, the epic scenery meant that we didn't care. After a couple of hours of following the west coast we turned east and headed back inland and drove the Haast Pass. This drive took us through Haast National Park, which is another area ...


