On to Franz Joseph

 

Off-road cyclists out there may like to hear there is a fabulous hillside-hugging track being put in beside the river to Queenstown. This is a 13km stretch - the Wharehuani Trail which is set in the Whakatipo Basin. It provides a vital link between Arrowtown and Arthur's Point.  Where they reach a rocky outcrop they put a metal bridge around it so cyclists safely cycle around it.

We drove past endless lakes.

Bailey bridges over . . .

Beautiful blue rivers.

Then we reached the far West coast and the Tasman Sea again.  Our driver stopped so we could take photos.

This is a little church just before Fox Glacier village. 

A couple of the older properties in the street where my accommodation was. Tam had booked another hostel for me and it was modern, bright, clean and a short walk from somewhere to eat. That was good as I had missed two evening meals in Queenstown as I was just too exhausted to go out into town and eat. . .  I lived on Baby Bel cheeses and crackers!

View up the street market from where I had my evening meal.

Grub!  I took the batter off the fish so I had a chance of eating both pieces. It was fresh and very like cod . I had a glass of the best white wine I have probably ever had - a Sauvignon Blanc called Montana. Such busy to it. I found out it's marketed in the UK as Brancott Estate but had a small bottle of that on the train and it didn't have that same depth.