YOU MUST SEE THIS BEFORE IT'S GONE! Alex Knob Track - Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@ccichon]

Hi Glen, regarding the Fantails/pīwakawakas you saw on the Alex Knob track near Franz Josef. The fantail follows walkers to capture insects disturbed by their movements. Cheers, Colin

[@deannorman]

You two are amazing ! So natural in front of the camera. You have that special connectivity that draws people in. Don't change anything. We have been watching you through out your kiwi adventure. It feels like we are part of your family as you show us around the country.. We are really enjoying you adventures. All the best and stay safe Glen and Mado :)

[@GlenAndMado]

Thanks dean for the special words keeps us making more content! ❤️

[@storm260]

Glen's quirkyness and Mado's sweetness, great combo! Its probably my favourite channel on youtube, always checking in every couple days without an alarm 😅 Don't change anything, just do you's 👍🏻

[@janpiper9913]

Enjoying your videos thanks I am 75yrs and live in Picton New Zealand. Love your enthusiasm for our beautiful country.

[@GlenAndMado]

will be there in the morning to get the boat back to the north island :(

[@janpiper9913]

Sorry I missed you.

[@joharrison3469]

Another excellent videos guys. You certainly know how to do this! I'm so glad you are getting the most out of our beautiful country. I've been living on the road now for ten years and plan to head into the deep south again later this year. You have discovered so many of places that I have missed because I didn't know they existed. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[@martyknox2218]

If you're keen on a bit of a tramp & you like hot pools, you should check out the Copland Track when you're down that way. It's a 17km tramp but well worth it & so nice to soak in the hot pools after a day of tramping 😊.

[@mohammedbinladen4619]

The glacier won't melt completely in my opinion, but all glaciers have been retreating since the end of the little ice age a few hundred years ago. You can see pictures of Franz Josef or Fox glacier from around 1900 when it went right down the valley to sea level.

[@michellepatterson5487]

Awesome thanks, great video 😊

[@kiwis0uth]

Pleased to see you guys still enjoying your stay in our country. I have visited Fox and Franz Josef glaciers twice now and couldn't get over how far and how fast they had disappeared. The West Coast is an awesome place, just the pesky sand flies are a pain.

[@GlenAndMado]

Still plenty of more videos to come from New Zealand :) hope your having a lovely day!

[@Char-Cal]

What a country!

[@lesleyhughes3174]

You should be seeing little robins as well. Tiny tiny little birds. They aren't shy. Fantails will do their best to keep the biting bugs from you, as they live on them.😊

[@GlenAndMado]

yup always love to see them! Beautiful little things.

[@johnstuart8511]

There you are: Loving your videos. I'm always glad to see more of NZ. You always make it happen. Keep up the great work. Regards from South Africa 🇿🇦 😀

[@GlenAndMado]

thanks brother means alot! hope south Africa is treating you well!

[@kiwikathy]

Thank you.. saved me traversing the mountain again I lived vicariously through you both “ flying down the mountain”‘I’ve often said to folk very similar to Sri Lanka. It was a ghost town during lockdown -no choppers Glen 😉 😘

[@GlenAndMado]

hahah no problem thank you for tuning in! I believe you I'd say covid times were quite peaceful in your lovely country :)

[@pepta]

I so love the west coast ! Watching this so makes me want to go there again

[@jonathanjohannis6035]

love you guys. Ijust wanna go to the west coast niw. Thanks

[@GlenAndMado]

Make it happen no excuses buddy!

[@MsHGH1]

Wow that has really shrunk even in the last 10 years. I did a helihike to Franz Josef back then and it was considerably further down - well below that dark patch in the middle

[@kiwihib]

30 years ago, I walked to the terminal of Fox Glacier, along the road from the village took just over an hour, it as retreated so far now.

[@GlenAndMado]

Yeah it’s pretty sad! The time will come that it will disappear eventually unfortunately 😩

[@MsHGH1]

Shame you didn't find the hot-pools in Franz Josef - so good after a long hike!

[@johnotimi6813]

Great hike, beautiful views, another gem of a video! Cheers Glen & Mado!

[@GlenAndMado]

Thanks John means alot brother :) hope your well.

[@robertwalker7924]

thanks guys I really enjoyed seeing Franz again and the back streets I wandered. I was there 15 yrs ago. My hellicopter trip onto the glacier was an experience not to be forgot but oh, how the glacier has receded in that time..

[@kiwikathy]

@robertwalker7924 we walked up into- onto The Glacier. No choppers in the 70’s just tourists. Heaps cars parked at the edge the road. Guides walked around groups.👍🏼 Did you ever walk through the glacier?

[@GlenAndMado]

I’d say it was magical but definitely out of our budget! One ride for both of us is nearly a month shopping! 👀

[@gregkennedy8545]

Hi guys, love your enthusiasm for the kiwi forests, if you get the chance head up to Karamea and visit the ancient forests and caves, its a guided tour only but well worth it, its never been logged or touched. Magic! Love your vids, regards from a west coaster

[@lesleyhughes3174]

I'm coming back down Sth in May. Try to get down every year or so. Will take my time this time and try to search out places you have been, Fulltime nomad 6 yrs, so back and forth between Auckland and Chch normally, but will go easy this time. Not rush so much. Wish diesel would go down in price a bit more though. It really hurts the wallet to go too far nowadays!!😊 Freedom camping around Auckland atm 👍🙋🏼‍♀️🚐🌞

[@GlenAndMado]

Awh awesome make the most of it while your down here then should be great! the weather might get a bit chilly though 😂😅 yeah we never really take fuel into consideration but should be more cautious about it haha

[@MothershipVideos]

Another great watch.

[@thekiwinomad]

Great video. Although be extremely careful if you swim in the west coast Beach's. They can be very dangerous because of the rip tide and the under current

[@GlenAndMado]

Yup definitely noticed that 😂

[@darrellNZL]

Good ice cream flavour choice Marina(?), Hokey Pokey NZs best!😋

[@storm260]

Blue mushroom of nz inspired the making of the smurfs

[@brianhancock3344]

Actually no it didn't The Smurfs have nothing to do with anything NZ

[@storm260]

​@@brianhancock3344 If you eat one, you'l turn into a smurf

[@brianhancock3344]

@@storm260 Wrong blue mushroom

[@richardcaldwell9160]

Thanks guys, I drove through Franz Joseph & Fox about a 100 years ago & I swear it was a two shop town. I never once thought of doing a trek..my bad

[@GlenAndMado]

Haha the good days Richard 😂 you missed out my friend!

[@user-gslt]

nice video,I like it

[@GlenAndMado]

Many many thanks

[@Usernametouse]

Oh beautiful guys, lush bush & secluded beach all in a day. never knew that about the blue mushroom too 👌 So there’s no camping anywhere there I could chuck a tent down for a few nights?

[@GlenAndMado]

Im sure you could find a spot in the bushes! its quite wild down that way!

[@mikelarry08]

Ideal!

[@GlenAndMado]

your very good my friend :)

[@debbiewood4105]

The alpine fault runs tight through the town. Geo fault are concerned about the petrol station. As if it earthquake splits at that point the town could shift both ways. But who knows earthquakes do what they won’t, humans do have any control.

[@martyknox2218]

There was a fairly decent quake centred in Milford Sound in the past few days even. Magnitude 5.6! 😯 Strong enough that it was felt across the entire country.

[@debbiewood4105]

@@martyknox2218 yep they have some massive one’s in Fiordland. Had one in 209 in the puysegur Trench in Southland, that was a 7.8 . Just lucky no one really lives in the sounds down there.

[@michaelphillips8966]

And wow... I must let you know it is a kiwi tradition to run down the hill as fast as possible... Any and all hills... Everest included

[@GlenAndMado]

Haha love it! We are part of the kiwi way then 😂

[@kevinhope6182]

The Alpine Fault runs through the middle of Franz Josef Township .

[@cadifan]

AC only works with the engine running. It needs to run to drive the compressor.

[@rafiquemia567]

Glen mado i am from bangladesh. how are you. Very good job. You look very nice. All time i watch your froggram. All the best.

[@GlenAndMado]

hope your well my friend :) thanks for watching!

[@stevescott1454]

If you zoom in on the glacier at 11.04 it appears to have a cat’s face in it. Or maybe a dog’s.

[@GlenAndMado]

Im sure you could find many faces haha :)

[@Mcfreddo]

The fantails are after the mosquitoes, midges and others that a person will attract, so they'll fly around you to catch them. (They will like you both too as we do!)

[@GlenAndMado]

Magical ❤️

[@garrycarlyle4429]

Iove everthing yoou guys do i npw glen i should have spelt it thing

[@GlenAndMado]

its an irish ting 😉😂

[@mrt7121]

Add another decade to your age and you'll understand hiking poles! Trust me.

[@garrycarlyle4429]

Ting

[@GlenAndMado]

Everything is a ting

[@marias8007]

That doesnt.look like nz with the hills, more like south east asia

[@sonnyday6830]

11:11 Mado knows how to make a good sandwich....the perfect woman

[@johnmcnulty1129]

☀️ 🏔 🍄🍄

[@michaelphillips8966]

Regarding the mushrooms, don't eat the mushrooms... Unless you find a local expert... Say like a teenager... And they say they are magic mushrooms... You might find reality again in a week, or a year... Or in never never land... 😎

[@GlenAndMado]

Haha I don’t think Il be experimenting with such mushrooms 😂😂