In the interests of experiencing everything about New Zealand, I managed on the drive from Mount Cook to Christchurch to meet the Kiwi police. As with everyone here, they were very friendly, even when issuing me with a speeding ticket! The rest of the journey went quite slowly …… We arrived in Christchurch about lunchtime and once we had checked in...
Icebergs …. Turns out you don’t have to go to Antarctica to see them, you can see them in Mount Cook National Park. The process of ice parting company with the glacier is called calving and this happens naturally all the time. These icebergs can remain in the glacial lakes for some time as they slowly melt. The walk we did this morning was along a path...
We are now coming close to finishing our loop of South Island, but before we head back to Christchurch, we are making a slight detour to Mount Cook Village in the Southern Alps. The village is in the Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park. This was established in 1953 and along with Westland National Park, Mount Aspiring National Park and Fiordland National Park forms one...