On this palindromic day and remembering those who have died for their countries, I write the posting for today the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh year in 2000.
We had a fairly short journey to Franz Josef today and stopped only the once at The Bushmans Centre which was a Food Craft Museum.
We watched a short film in the museum about the history of the deer in New Zealand and how it was introduced to the country originally. The deer then began to destroy the country’s vegetation and so was hunting using various means including being netted by helicopter. Eventually it made sense to farm the deer rather than hunt it and now they are widely farmed in New Zealand. There were many other hunted animals kept at the Centre, including Possums chamoix, goats, and even a wallaby.
Leigh, do you know what these flowers are?
We then pressed on to The Rainforest Retreat, our hostel for two nights in Franz Josef at the foot of the Glaciers.
As you can see today has been a grey day but it makes us appreciate those beautiful summer days all the more!
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