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Mike Yardley: Glacier Country Glories
Mike Yardley: Glacier Country Glories
Tue, 2 Feb 2021, 4:34PM
As has been topical in the news of late, one of the less trafficked pockets of New Zealand over the summer holidays has been Glacier Country in South Westland. I road-tripped through the region in mid-January and the sleepy state of Franz Josef’s main street, in the sticky heights of summer, left me gob-smacked. It was virtually deserted. Typically, the summer crush of international tourists and group tours consumes the heart of Franz Josef into an insatiable frenzy of activity. The novelty of having this ravishing corner of New Zealand to ourselves is likely to last most of the year, so why not make plans to savour its seraphic majesty, before the tourist trickle reverts to being a gusher again? See it now, before the global hordes return. ....

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