Canavans Knob - Westland Tai Poutini National Park

CANAVANS KNOB - Westland Tai Poutini National Park
An easy 1 hour 40 minute 6.3 km walk to a viewpoint.
Map Data: Google, Digital Globe, Department of Conservation (DOC).

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CANAVANS KNOB - Westland Tai Poutini National Park
The walk starts at this carpark, by the road south from Franz Josef.

CANAVANS KNOB - Westland Tai Poutini National Park
The first part of the walk is a boring and fairly pointless walk along the top of this stopbank. There's another carpark further along which we would probably use next time we do this walk.

CANAVANS KNOB - Westland Tai Poutini National Park
Looking back at the Southern Alps and Franz Josef Glacier.

CANAVANS KNOB - Westland Tai Poutini National Park
Looking ahead towards Canavans Knob.

CANAVANS KNOB - Westland Tai Poutini National Park
A rock. This is by far the most interesting thing on this part of the walk - apart from the ever-present and highly offensive roar of helicopters overhead. Surely, Franz Josef is the best example of a NZ town ruined by tourism. The helicopter operators get rich and everyone else suffers.

CANAVANS KNOB - Westland Tai Poutini National Park
A side track leads down to the other carpark. This one is obviously not as good from a road safety point-of-view as the other one - but it would save us from a boring walk.