Wednesday, March 12, 2008

From Franz Josef to Hokitika [February 29 - March 1]

With the rain pissing down we traveled from Franz Josef to Hokitika, where we stayed just one night as we didn't like the town. It probably wasn't helping that the rain didn't stop at all. We did, however, made some stops along the way.


Okarito Beach. The town itself has 16 permanent residents and lies next to a lagoon. That lagoon is NZ's largest unmodified wetland.


Than we came to a little town called Harihari. A town that made headlines in 1931 when an Australian madman, named Guy Menzies, completed the first solo flight across the Tasman Sea from Sydney and landed upside down in Harihari.


Our destination for that day was Hokitika. Not even the beach could make us happy. See the rainclouds.



The next day we went to the Hokitika Gorge, where they had this swing bridge. Fun to walk on! The water should have been blue. It now was the same colour as the rain - grey...
T.B.C.!

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2 comments:

Unknown said...

Whoohoo Indiana "lica" Jones over de hangbrug :-)
De plaatjes eronder zijn erg bijzonder. World of ice. Succes met t verkopen van Mr. Hankey.

Tijmen

Renee said...

It always rains there lol the west coast of the Sth Island is the wettest...Great pics though..send on any rain that you come across we need it