New Zealand, Day 2 - 26 Jan 00

Greymouth to Franz Josef

A Ocean to the Mountains drive, we start at the Tasman Sea and end at the Franz Josef Glacier

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101.59 Kb Distant mountains from the beach at Hokitika.	108.17 Kb First glimps of the Southern Alps from Hokitika.	81.75 Kb First view of the high Southern Alps.
102.92 Kb The Southern Alps	127.42 Kb John at Hokitika.	106.36 Kb Jodi at Hokitika.
79.96 Kb Mountains and our little rental, Hokitika	88.25 Kb Mountains from Hokitika	130.68 Kb The Tambo II, a concrete ship built to commemorate all the ships that beached or crashed on the Hokitika sandbar. At one point, Hokitika was averaging a wreck every three weeks. If the ship was not damaged, it was winched back to sea, this was called, "making the overland journey".
79.58 Kb John at Franz Josef Glacier	70.79 Kb Jodi at Franz Josef Glacier	144.90 Kb Franz Josef Glacier
91.52 Kb Waterfall near Franz Josef Glacier.	107.70 Kb Franz Josef Glacier	131.76 Kb Mountains near Franz Josef Glacier
138.52 Kb Franz Josef Glacier	71.88 Kb Franz Josef Glacier. Again, the water is chalky with rock flour from the glacier. It also radiates cold like an open freezer, and there are chunks of ice in the water as well.	130.12 Kb A closer view of the water, and the chunks of ice in it.

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