Whataroa River

On the way to the glaciers we stopped over for an SV nap and a bit of lunch at the Whataroa River. It is another beautiful ice blue river, but this one has a couple of old bridge supports from the old road bridge. It is also a place where some of the helicopters take off from for the scenic glacier flights. It is a very picturesque place but unfortunately as most places with fresh water on the west coast, it is infested with sandflys. As a precaution we tried to cover as much of our bodies as possible so the nasty little flies had little space to bite us. A lesson learned from our trip to the Hokitika River earlier. After having a good stop we moved on to the glaciers, making a brief stop at Lake Mapourika to photograph the lone jetty that extends out into the water also giving SV a convenient excuse for trying out her new gumboots.