Stan the Van was duly fixed by a garage and we set off for the next Glacier, Franz Joseph
. This time we did not hire a guide, but walked from the carpark to the snout of the glacier. Kathy and I decided to cross the fence and climb some terminal morraine all the better to gain good photos. We were not arrested and we did not sink into the ice which was just beneath the surface of the rocks. By now it was Jeremy's birthday and we went to Goldsborough, where we had a lovely lunch in the rain on the site of an old gold mine. I think it is in the name don't you?
After Kathy had insisted, we went for an afternoon stroll up Goofy's Gully. It was up and up and up and up. At last we reached a ridge and following it for a little way to German's Gully, we went down.... In the crepuscular light we made our way to the river where we fossicked for an hour and found the gold indicated on the left. Sadly most of it was mica, but two dots on the upper part of the plate might just be the genuine article! Daddy Jim would know.
. This time we did not hire a guide, but walked from the carpark to the snout of the glacier. Kathy and I decided to cross the fence and climb some terminal morraine all the better to gain good photos. We were not arrested and we did not sink into the ice which was just beneath the surface of the rocks. By now it was Jeremy's birthday and we went to Goldsborough, where we had a lovely lunch in the rain on the site of an old gold mine. I think it is in the name don't you?
After Kathy had insisted, we went for an afternoon stroll up Goofy's Gully. It was up and up and up and up. At last we reached a ridge and following it for a little way to German's Gully, we went down.... In the crepuscular light we made our way to the river where we fossicked for an hour and found the gold indicated on the left. Sadly most of it was mica, but two dots on the upper part of the plate might just be the genuine article! Daddy Jim would know.
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