New Zealand Day 12

Spent the night on the ground floor of the hotel due to the lift not working as a result of the earthquake! Doors opened onto the beach with huge rollers breaking outside our room -awesome!

Woke up to RAIN! Drove to Hokitika Gorge - fantastic scenery and glacier fed waters and a swingbridge (especially when Tim was jumping on it!). Very Indiana Jones!

Drove on to Franz Josef - still pouring with rain. Helicopter trip cancelled due to weather!! Liz said we could drive to the glacier? We drove as far as we could and then had to walk 3 miles to the glacier in the pouring rain! We got very wet!

Hope to try the helicopter tomorrow morning but unlikely due to snow forecast!

Luv the Mums xxx