Fox Glacier & Thermal Pools

An early start to get kitted up before we were bussed up to FOX GLACIER.....quite an awesome site and sitting in another dramatic valley.as part of a group of about 10 we walked from the car park to the Moraine Area and then when we reached the edge of the glacier we put on our crampons and then ascended on to the ice field. The FOx glacier covers a massive area up to the high mountains,most of it inaccessible unless on guided tours.Ice caves and crevasses cover the glacier and the constant trickle of melting ice all around. When we returned to Fox resort we drove down to Franz Josef Glacier and spent the afternoon in the thermally heated hot pools ....40degrees Celsius makes you realise what a lobster feels like when it's time for poaching!! An excellent NZCMA campsite around the corner, and a steak and sweet potato dinner with fresh corn on the cb, onions and mushrooms and a hearty glass of Mill Road Merlot Cabernet...a good choice!!