Te Anau and Milford Sound
Leaving Dunedin we hopped on New Zealand's highway one (the Clinton Gore Highway, called this because along it there are two towns named Clinton and Gore. Gore being the larger of the two), we headed west to Te Anau where we spent the night and explored the Worm Cave. The town of Te Anau is on Lake Te Anau and you can catch a boat that takes you across the lake to the Worm Cave. After a short walk, you enter a cave that has great lighting to show the water falls below the raised walkway that you walk on back deeper into the cave to catch a small boat that takes you into the grotto that is loaded with these tiny worms. They are suspended from the ceiling and they glow. It was pretty! No pictures were allowed so as to protect the worms. It was a nice boat ride that we did at dusk.
In the morning we drove northwest up to the West coast of the South Island to the Eighth Wonder of the World, as we were told, to Milford Sound. Milford Sound was missed named many years back because, as it was pointed out to us, it is actually a fjord. The day was a rainy one but that only added to the beauty because as it rains the water pours from the steep walls of the severe landscape.
Here we had to cross a one lane bridge (one of so many in NZ), one that goes over this tiny stream. On this day it was not a tiny stream! It was a torrent! I'm standing on the bridge(taking my life in my hands) to get this picture of the falls just before it goes under, and partially over the tiny bridge.
We decide to get a room at the only hotel there, for the sand flies scared Steve very much. He is a bug magnet and didn't want to be eaten up alive. I was so glad we did because the view from the room was nice!
We spent the rest of the day walking around the tiny village there. Exploring the sites. The rain gave up to a simple drizzle. The next day we had scheduled a cruise out into the Sound, or Fjord. In the morning we walked over to the harbor to catch our boat and found out that we are on one of the smaller boats. Steve had planned this because he had heard that the smaller ones go closer to the water falls and right up to the vertical rock walls. The day couldn't have been better. The drive in had all the rain and the next day was a beautiful one. It was prefect! My next post will have pictures on the Fjord. And even, under the Fjord!
In the morning we drove northwest up to the West coast of the South Island to the Eighth Wonder of the World, as we were told, to Milford Sound. Milford Sound was missed named many years back because, as it was pointed out to us, it is actually a fjord. The day was a rainy one but that only added to the beauty because as it rains the water pours from the steep walls of the severe landscape.
Here we had to cross a one lane bridge (one of so many in NZ), one that goes over this tiny stream. On this day it was not a tiny stream! It was a torrent! I'm standing on the bridge(taking my life in my hands) to get this picture of the falls just before it goes under, and partially over the tiny bridge.
We decide to get a room at the only hotel there, for the sand flies scared Steve very much. He is a bug magnet and didn't want to be eaten up alive. I was so glad we did because the view from the room was nice!
We spent the rest of the day walking around the tiny village there. Exploring the sites. The rain gave up to a simple drizzle. The next day we had scheduled a cruise out into the Sound, or Fjord. In the morning we walked over to the harbor to catch our boat and found out that we are on one of the smaller boats. Steve had planned this because he had heard that the smaller ones go closer to the water falls and right up to the vertical rock walls. The day couldn't have been better. The drive in had all the rain and the next day was a beautiful one. It was prefect! My next post will have pictures on the Fjord. And even, under the Fjord!
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