Pancake Rocks and Blowholes Paparoa National Park
crayfish are like crab, they're greedy so you can fish them out after they grab a piece of food :)
Pancake Rocks and Blowholes Paparoa National Park
crayfish are like crab, they're greedy so you can fish them out after they grab a piece of food :)
they don't want you to try and hike to the glacier yourself
this is as far as we were supposed to go, and there was 0 view of the glacier
so I crossed the ropes and went towards the river and got a view of it at least
yeah, we should have gone up that trail if it weren't for the shuttle supposed to pick us up
but zooming out shows that I was a bit far from it still
on the plus side waterfalls were flowing
somehow the mountain reflection in the lake thing didn't quite work out
even later, a clear improvement
weather on the boat was already nice :)
thankfully it was mostly clear when we started
the first stop for people who can't rough it even a little bit, was almost right off the boat
supplies get delivered by heli
this bird is shifty, hard to get good pictures of it
the robins are super curious and fearless
after checking me out, it came on my foot to look for worms in the holes :)
a ranger gave us a quick talk in the giant kitchen/common room of our huts
it doesn't look like much, but that's how they glow up at night. This cons insects into their traps
on the plus side waterfalls were flowing everywhere
snow and boulder avalanche path
each hut has a helipad for deliveries and getting staff in and out. That's so cheating :)
New Zealand Weka flightless bird, roams around a bit like a chicken
remember that this is like snow in July
New Zealand duck, quite pretty
finally, we got to see what our crossing the next day would look like
we're lucky we got views at the top
I happened to have some bird seeds :)
top hut/shelter for breaks or in caese of bad weather
the peak across had a few snow slides
this turned over rock could fit multiple people inside
and after 3.5 days, we got to the end :)
very weird slide, maybe the ground collapsed somehow?
all the cool critters you can't really see from the boat :)
it would have been nice to see a Kakapo, the world's biggest parrot
all those pictures are there to trick you, kiwi aren't out during the day
the engine air vents on the bus were cute :)
I guess you can see the area from a cruise ship too :)
it's impressive that the trees can grow in such steep slopes
they have the longest species of dolphins, but we only saw them from far