After lunch at Punakaiki, the journey continues south towards Fox Glacier. I’m back at State Highway 6 (SH6) again, past Greymouth and after 1 hour 15 minutes, I took a break at Hokitika.

Hokitika clock tower at a roundabout

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Oh, there’s a beach. Let’s head over there first

Armchair structure at Hokitika beach

Hokitika beach with three dead tree branches. Not very clean here

Hokitika beach

Hokitika beach

Back to Hokitika town

Colourful wall

Old cinema. Not sure if they are still screening anything here

Free public library

Interesting sign board…yummy!

The green structure is meant to promote a jade factory, not the backpacker

The National Kiwi Centre, you get to see live kiwi here…for a fee

After spending a little over 1 hour at Hokitika, I coutinue towards south along SH6. About 20 minutes later, there is a short road that leads to Lake Mahinapua


Lake Mahinapua

Lake Mahinapua

Lake Mahinapua with someone kayaking

This is taken while crossing a river, but I did not take note on which river

Snow mountain can be seen at the far end. I’m getting close to the glaciers

Reached Franz Josef Glacier after 2 hours and 10 minutes drive from Hokitika. This place seems to be just a one street town. Stopped here to make some calls to book accommodation. Finally got a room at Fox Glacier. Off I go again

Fox Glacier should not be far away. Although it’s getting late but I can’t resist stopping aside for this photo

Finally reach Fox Glacier town at 7:10PM, 40 minutes away from Franz Josef. You can see quite a number of shops selling scenic flight packages. This one has an attractive chopper but I went for another shop instead

There are probably two noticable restaurants on the main street, either that…

…or this. I didn’t think long before settling down here as it is already past my dinner time

Penne Pasta: Creamy pesto, broccoli & roasted red peppers - $16

Rump Steak: Creamy mushroom-bacon sauce, fried eggs, chips & coleslaw - $23

1/2 Roast Chicken: With roast potato, seasonal vegetables & gravy - $23