Fern on one of our walks
Dorothy Falls at Lake Kaniere
Greenstone carving at Hokitika MuseumAwoke to a rainy morning in Hokitika so we decided to go to the Hokitika Museum - very interesting with good displays on pounamu, gold mining and other settler type stuff. Wandered around Hokitika for a while before heading out east to Lake Kaniere once the weather fined up. Took a couple of short walks around the lake - the views were beautiful.
In the early afternoon we continued south to Ross - one of the historic goldfields towns. Here we visited the museum and took a walk around the old goldfields and saw mining relics and some of the old town buildings. It was very well set up to give visitors an impression of the history of the area.
Continued south to Franz Josef in the late afternoon passing by several pretty lakes and impressive mountains to the east. Stayed the night in Franz Josef in preparation for a full-on day of glacier exploration tomorrow!
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