Fox Town

Over the next 103 days I will be travelling with Lotte around the World. First stop Cape Town, from where we will make our way up through Namibia and Botswana to Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe on a 3-week overland camping safari. After this we will travel onto ...

To visit Fox Town and Casino ...

... skydive videos and see our faces as we dropped 4.2km. After our amazing skydive we drove to Lake Matheson, 2km away from Fox Glacier town, and walked around the lake contemplating what we had just done. The next morning we walked up to the terminal face ...

... , in 2001 it was only 117! It's a funny little town, that looks like it was built a week ago. Although apparently the town was founded in 1886, there's little evidence of that! 6km down the road is the impressive and convinently accessible Fox ...

... ;so James had to take over musical duties - Jen loved it. Slowly we made some progress and emerged, slightly frozen, in a town called Cromwell. We stopped for lunch and carried on our journey towards Wanaka, which is a lovely mid-sized town with beautiful ...

... open up as it retreats. Back at the township we had a hearty steak and chips to regain our energy at the Plateau (best in town!). The trip, meal and wine meant we slept very well despite the hostel noises. * Bridge Lane One refers to the NZ habit of ...

... about 45 minutes on the ice - just as our feet were turning numb we headed to the bus and back to Fox, the town. Had a hot chocolate, changed into some dry clothes and headed off in Karol the Corolla (yes we've christened ...

... vote we decided to drive straight down to Wanaka, a 3 ½ hr. drive, and avoid making any stops in Haast, the next closest town. There is absolutely nothing in Haast and it is known for having the worst case of sand flies in the whole country! Although in ...

... our walk, climb off the ice, remove the crampons, climb down the 700 steps, walk back to the bus and drive back to the town and fall asleep happy and tired with sleepy legs. We miss you all at home and send love and hugs and kisses to everybody xxxx ...

... reflection of Mt. Cook on its surface. Unfortunately, it was pouring rain, so it didn't make for much of a view. We headed to Fox Glacier (the town), got some cheap pies, and waited for the rain to stop so we could go see the glacier. It didn't. So we ...

... how far we could get by lunchtime and then make a decision to either push on towards the North Island, or do a diversion to a town called Kaikura if we had made good progress.  We had done some research after seeing the dolphins at the Milford sound ...

... or simply soil. After unpacking and putting my stuff in the kitchen, I grabbed a map and headed out to explore the, ahem, town… After about 8mins (which included a lengthy look in the tiny supermarket) I walked on the road heading out of town and ...

... woke up and drove a short distance to the village of Franz Josef, famous of course for the Franz Josef Glacier.  It's a small  town, with lots of tourists and lots of rain we found out.  It wasn't just our bad luck that we had arrived on a ...

... - we did and the best we can say is that it almost made average. Day 168 Saturday 16/04/05 Fox Glacier Fox and its neighbouring town Franz Josef are basically only in existance to let tourists play on the glacier that are in the valleys near each ...

... towards the Southern Alps. Our first stop after Golden Bay was in Westport. Now the 3 words above probably don't apply to the town itself. Nothing wrong with Westport, a good place to stop the night, but not too much there, plus it was bucketing down ...

... a drink with them in the pub before an early night. We ended up parking in a layby just out of town by the Glacier road entrance. We were at the Fox Centre ready togo at 9am the next morning. We were required to wear a couple of layersof warm clothing and ...

... of the Southern Alps and Mt Cook.  We could have enjoyed the day there but we had to get back to town to make sure we were ready for our Fox trot. Fox Glacier Guides is located in the heart of the township, well there are only 5 blocks here and ...

... way through the valley dragging everything with it, rocks and rubble, in the process.   So we went to a chalet in the nearby town, got all geared up - really heavy boots with spikes underneath - and jumped on a bus that took us to the base of the ...

... stopped occasionally only to peer in more amazement at the beauty of the terrain in this region. We made Queenstown and checked into a town centre camp-site by nightfall. 17/8 Our 1st day of 4 in Queenstown. I set out across town to discover the ...

... again any beautiful scenery that may have been there for us to see was hidden behind the clouds and rain.   Reaching Fox Glacier town we consulted our guide books, looked at three of the motels recommended and decided upon the one with the best ...