TA day 23: Fox Township to Lake Paringa

TA day 23 - Fox Glacier to Lake Paringa from Robert and Marianne on Vimeo.

Today started with absolute beauty. The ride started with a fabulous coffee in Fox Township, followed by a beautiful forest track up to the Fox Glacier lookout. Even the cloud lifted for me to take a photo! Stunning!

Leaving the campground

Up to the Fox Glacier

Fox Glacier

Photo Checkpoint #23: Fox Glacier

The remainder of the day followed a road that was tree lined with 50m tall Kahikatea... long flat sections, wetlands, and the inevitable sand fly haven!

TA day 22: Road slips & climbing, plovers & pukekos!

Today started flat and windless past farms and paddocks full of plovers taking flight as I rode by. There were lots of pukeko too, digging up the grass, awkwardly flying off the road as the odd car drove past.

Up past Mount Hercules there were a number of massive slips with several road works crews clearing away rubble and reinforcing the road.

Lake Mapourika was stunning, as was Franz Joseph. The Franz Joseph glacier was partly hidden in cloud, and as I climbed the three saddles (321m, 408m, and 411m) to Fox Township the rain set in. However it soon dissipated by the time I descended the last climb into Fox Glacier township.

I've made a short vid of the day - enjoy!