Milford Sound

Day 38

We woke and it was chucking it down, which meant the possibility of the road being closed into Milford Sound.  Claire was also in a bad mood as the other guy in the room was  the loudest snorer in the history of the world.  So her lack of sleep was my now my problem.


Anyway we headed off to Milford Sound and made it there quite quickly. There was one brief scare when Claire turned into the Car Park and did not see the huge yellow curb.  I thought she had broke the car in two with the sound it made.  Anyway it was fine, no scratches or dents.



We soon headed off on the boat, the weather was quite poor but it had stopped raining.  Lets just say the scenery was amazing and between us we took hundreds of photos.  There were hundreds of waterfalls, snow capped mountains.  It was amazing.

After the initial boat trip we headed out on a kayaking  trip for about one hour, which was really good fun.

Then we went to the discovery centre, which has a underwater viewing platform.  There were hundreds of fish.

In the way home we headed to a car park with a nice viewing point.  However the highlight of the view was a parrot.  This thing would not leave us alone and apparently they can rip your Ariel off, they are pretty big.

Anyone thinking of coming to New Zealand, Milford Sound is a must visit.