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A day in the life
Joanne Taylor enjoys the thrills of an adventure-packed fam
trip to New Zealand with APT, Travel 2 and Air New Zealand
07:15 I wake up to the phone ringing. It’s Lockie 10:00 We meet up with the rest of the
from Australia Pacific Touring to let me know group and head off on our journey to
that the weather is good enough for our heli- Wanaka. The scenery of the Southern
hike over the Franz Josef Glacier. It’s great news Alps en route is breath taking, with
because poor conditions mean they haven’t run turquoise lakes surrounded by snow-
the previous six days. capped mountains.
08:00 We hurry down a quick breakfast at 12:00 We stop for a quick lunch and
the Franz Joseph Glacier Hotel and walk the notice the lambs and daffodils in
short distance to the heli-pad, buzzing with our autumn!
excitement.
13:00 Our long afternoon drive is
08:30 After a short safety briefing we are broken at Haast Pass where some
airborne and make our way of us enjoy being whizzed along the
towards to the glaciers. Haast River in
The view from the
Joanne
a jet boat.
helicopter is amazing.
Taylor
The ice looks like
Age: 27
17:00 Arriving
perfectly formed sand
Job title:
at the Edge
dunes and gushing river.
manager
Water resort
The pilot tells us that the
Works for: Neil Rankin Travel,
in the pretty
ice can move between one in Skipton village of Wanaka, there is night tonight, leaving for Queenstown in the
and three metres every Hobbies: Motor racing and, after just enough time to freshen morning where I have to decide if I do a bungy
day.
this trip, bungy jumping.
up before dinner in the jump or not. . .
How long in the job: Nine years
hotel. The rooms are
09:00 Land on Fox Glacier
How long in travel: Eleven years
superb and have stunning
and get the chance to have
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