Current Mood: Tired

… nothing actually!  But this is the place where everyone goes when they come to New Zealand, apparently it is the most viewed place by tourists.  We drove there after stopping off at Te Anau where we had the fun of going on a 2.5 hour walk.  So slightly knackered already we set off for Milford Sounds in the dark!

The drive there was a bit worrying as the motorhome doesn’t take corners well at the best of times and here we are, going up mountains with no barriers at the side in the pouring rain and no prior warning of a corner approaching apart from the line dead in front of the truck veering off to one side.  The girls were a little freaked out by the Homer Tunnell which is just a hole from one side of the mountain through to the other, water pours through holes in the roof and runs the length of the tunnell, it’s eerie and a bit weird.  Still we made it in one piece which is a bonus.

We parked overnight in a carpark which when we woke, saw big signs saying – no camping.  Oh well, no one had flagged us up on it, but we did have “KNOBS” written in the dirt of our rear windscreen and a nice large picture just incase we didn’t know what one was.  Bit of toilet paper and that was soon off!

We caught our cruise from the dock and sailed out onto the Fiord.  Bloody freezing the moment we started to move we all cursed the fact we didn’t bring an arctic jacket.  Still we toughed it out and stood out on deck as we sailed through the amazing peaks, Mitre peak is lovely and although we couldn’t see the top, we could appreciate how large it is.  We saw a number of baby New Zealand fur seals and also got to sail underneath a waterfall which was friggin excellent (although froze us all!).  Scatt had seen enough after the first mountain and was in getting herself a cuppa quite quickly.

Back on shore we sorted ourselves out with some brekkie before heading back up the scary track towards Queenstown, it was a long drive back both Em and Lucy next to me, keeping me company (and awake) with various games.  Scatt in the back, catching flys!

Looking forward to another night in Queenstown… 

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