Haast beach

I've never had a day on holiday with such great contrast. We started out with a helicopter flight up into the mountains and onto the Franz Josef Glaciar, walking around on ice and virgin snow, throwing snowballs and posing with ice axes.

Then a long drive down the coast, ending up walking along Haast beach, covered in huge dead bits of tree like this.

We would have driven further, except the nearby Haast Pass, up in the hills, was closed after 4pm due to a landslide. Luckily Haast had a motel that was open in the off-season.