Captains blog stardate 27/02/2010:

launch point : Hokitika - lovely hot day on coast so we pottered round shops &managed to find greenstone 4 my birthday pressy(I wanted to wait till now) Headed on down coast next stop was Franz Josef stopped 4 caffeine fix & went up 2 view glacier awesome felt like we were in diff country then off down to Fox Glacier then onto Haast -stopped at Bruces Bay where there was most amazing sight of stone stacks and other rock creations looking like staight out of Dr Suess - camped in Haast village needed phasers more than ever for sandfly & mosquito invasion Gorgeous ride in though