Franz Josef is a cool little place set in bush squashed between the Tasman Sea and the mighty Franz Josef Glacier.

According to Maori legend the glacier is actually the frozen tears of a maiden called Hinehukatere. They were made from her crying for the one she loved. She made her man (Tane) climb the mountains with her but unfortunately near the top he slipped and fell to his death. Hinehukatere was heart broken and with her crying at such a high altitude her tears turned to ice and formed the glacier.

The glacier is 12 kilometres long long and is one of the fastest moving glaciers in the world with growth as much as 1.5 metres a day. It really is a unique place with the glacier surrounded with lush rainforest. A glacier really is the last thing you expect to come across when you are walking thought he forest.

It just happened to be Halloween while we were in Franz Josef. Most of us didn't have any costumes but Goose was well prepared. The only thing we weren't prepared for was when he turned up as a gay pirate! But it definately did the job in scaring everyone, wasn't a pretty site that's for sure!