• Christie MitchellEurope and Oceania 2023Christie Mitchell
    View we woke up to at campsite
    First walk of the dayLake Matheson1They use chicken wire all over trails - helps a lot with slippingBeautiful tree ferns - hugeFranz Joseph Glacier4Callery Gorge Walk3Hotikaka1Surfers had just finishedFinally caught a sunset - no excuse to not. Finally On the west coast

    Drive up the West Coast

    October 22, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 59 °F

    We drove up the west coast today. We definitely agreed that we enjoyed the east and central regions of New Zealand best. Glad to see this side, but not near as spectacular and more cloud covered because of the weather coming in from the ocean.

    It was still a pretty drive, and we went from Fox Glacier to Hokitika, stopping at a couple hikes along the way.

    We finished the evening with our one and only sunset. We figured we were finally on the west coast so couldn’t not go sit and watch one. It was nice.

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