Monday, October 26, 2015
Okarito Trig Walk - or - One Hell Of A Good Spot For Lunch
When I first got to Fox a departing staff member told me that the view from the Okarito Trig Walk was one of the best easily accessible views that she had seen in all of New Zealand. I'd already been gobsmacked by the view from Gillespies Beach so of course this meant I couldn't wait to go and check out how it was possible to get an even better view.
It helped that the day I decided to go was another West Coast special, a superb bluebird sky day. The Trig walk is only an hour and a half return with a steady rise up a hill to get to the viewpoint. Of course I had to stop several times to catch my breath haha but apart from that it was still reasonably easy track, and so worth it!
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Perks of the job – just your everyday helicopter ride onto a glacier
In my first week of
training for my job at Fox Glacier Guiding there came the sentence
'so we'll get you up on the glacier this week on a heli hike.' Just
casually, like it wasn't a big deal. Of course it's not a big deal
when your very busy and popular business relies on seasonal staff to
know and sell your products well; but I'm just sitting there going,
'I'm sorry, what now? Seriously?!' I don't think it had sunk in
throughout the interview process that not only do I get to go in a
helicopter, onto a glacier, for a guided tour, as a matter of course;
but I also get PAID to do it! Woohoo!!
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Gillespies Beach and the View of Views
One of my first days off in Fox Glacier was an absolute stunner of a day - deep blue sky, not a cloud to be seen, or the smallest puff of wind; it was made for exploring. It'd been a pretty rainy week so I was super keen to get out and check out some gorgeous scenery. The local beach, Gillespies,' is only a half hour drive away over a hill on a small, twisty gravel road, and damn is it worth it!
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