Fox Glacier New Zealand

by Joan Carroll

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Fox Glacier New Zealand

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Joan Carroll

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Photograph - Photography And Digital Art

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Sometimes you just don’t do your homework throroughly! My ‘book of hikes’ for the South Island of New Zealand mentioned the Fox Glacier Chalet Track as one where you get a good view of the Fox Glacier/Te Moeka o Tuawe without the tour bus crowds. Sounded perfect! Indeed, we arrived at the carpark and there were only 2 other cars! Looking good! Until we were 10 steps into the trail where it was signposted that the track was indefinitely closed due to flood damage. The DOC website actually has this information posted, except I didn’t go farther than reading the book. However, you can still walk a short 800 m to the River Walk Lookout Point for this view of the glacier. This might be one of the few locations in the world where you can get ferns and glacier in the same photo. Like its twin, Franz Josef, the glacier descends from the Southern Alps down into temperate rainforest just 300 metres above sea level. Fox Glacier/ Te Moeka o Tuawe is located in Westland Tai Poutini National Park on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.

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