The Rob Roy Track is a 5km walk up through mostly dense beech forest, to a view of the Rob Roy Glacier.  Net change in elevation is about 0.5km.

About 80 percent of the track was like this.   It was raining that day, but the thick canopy limited the amount of precipitation that actually made it to the ground.

Once through the rainforest,  the track opens up on scrubby alpine brush.  The transition is similar to the tree-line break on the Ben Lomond track, but this area seems to get a lot more rain. 

The glacier was mostly obscured by clouds.
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The valley leading up to the vantage point.  The track is through the dense trees on the left.

A kea came up for a visit.  Apparently they are quite tame.  There was a prominent sign at the opening of the glade admonishing against feeding the birds.  The sign was in English, German, and Japanese.

This view was from a small spur off the track.   It was one of those knock-your-socks-off views, more impressive than the view from the clearing.  Perhaps it was because the glacier was framed by the foliage and the river.  But as since it was raining a bit heavily at the time, the images are a bit murky.
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Nice waterfall on the other side of the Rob Roy Stream.
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Matukituki River Valley
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Swing Bridge to cross the river.  No bouncing!