After being impressed by Franz Joseph we decided to get some good views of the mountains and another glacier called Fox Glacier. We headed to a lovely free camp ground at a place called Gillespies beach. It was a great spot right on the beach and offered some good walking. Despite having done a long slog the day before we decided to do the longest of the 3 walks possible there the next day. We walked past an old gold mine and the remaining machinery as well as walked through an old miners tunnel. The last part of the walk took us out to a seal colony. It was very wet and our feet did not appreciate it. We also got attacked by hundreds of sand flies. We were bitten and blistered when we returned to the van. Good walk though.
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