We arrived in Franz Josef after a relatively easy drive down the west coast. We were advised to stop off at the Bushman Centre for lunch. We found easily enough, as there was a massive sandfly hanging off the front of the building, but only stopped for a coffee. It was one of the crazy looking places both from the outside and the inside. A mixture of shop for clothes and souvenirs, a cafe and for good measure, a museum. The menu was the most entertaining as I had been told about the 'roadkill, possum burgers' not the mention the bambi burgers, bunny burgers and numerous other roadkill options. The chairs were all covered in possum pelts for authentic atmosphere.
We drove off as a group of bikers had arrived and occupied the museum to learn about the local natureal environment.
We drove into Franz Josef Glacier and found our accommodation. The room was onc again well equipped with cooking facilities and fridge, so a couple of beers fitted in the door nicely. We decided that we had time to drive to the Glacier and walk up to the face of it.
Once parked it took us just under an hour to walk to the face. Other explorer types were walking up the steep hill with guides to walk on the ice, but we were doing the helicopter ride the following day, so didn't have a desperate need to challenge oursleves right then.
We went back to the motor lodge and found something to eat and watched TV, after walking round the streets for half an hour.
It was a relatively small place occupied by mainly young backpacker types, walking in and out of the few bars that occupied the main street.
It was time to close down and prepare oursleves for the flight the following day.
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