Drove about 100 miles
today, stopping at each lake, waterfall or viewpoint.
We had planned to head
north from Haast to Fox and Franz Joseph glaciers along the west
coast but they have just issued a warning, cyclone Gita is due to hit
on Tuesday so we have come over to the coast to Haast then drove the
extra 25 miles south to Jackson Bay, the only natural harbour on the
west coast and totally deserted, we camped for free on the edge of
the bay – beautiful!
We will go back to
Haast tomorrow to visitor centre to see what the weather says then
decide whether we have to retrace our steps or go forwards up the
west coast.
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| JACKSON BAY OUR PEACEFUL FREE CAMPSITE |
Next day before we left
Jackson Bay we did a short walk over the headland to Ocean Bay
through, yes you've guessed it, rainforest! Pretty deserted beach.
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| OCEAN BAY |
We drove back to Haast
and spoke with the lady in the visitor centre who advised we find
somewhere to stay here today and see what tomorrow brings, Cyclone
Gita was on her way, but good for us, she was supposedly veering more
for the east coast of South Island with all airports closed , sounded
serious, advice is do not travel unless you have to. We have our
fingers crossed that we can still head north along the west coast
tomorrow.
Got a campsite in Haast
easily. Its just raining and a bit windy at moment, oops sounds to be
getting windier!
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