Today was to be a driving day. We were heading from Franz Josef up to Abel Tasman, a drive of 524km and 7 hours nonstop (at least according to Google). So you won’t be surprised to hear it was another early start. The terrain along the west coast was much flatter than what we had…

Perhaps unsurprisingly by now, but by the time that dawn broke, we were up and finishing breakfast. Having kept an eye on the weather forecast the day before, we had booked onto the early excursion to give us the best chance of getting up there. Today we were going to explore Fox Glacier, and getting…