Milford Sound cont.

Annie bless her heart took us on a free cruise of the sound for my birthday. We were entertained by the MC Jonno who gave us free booze, he was a legend...
The cruise was amazing, we boarded the 'Lady of the Sound' , relaxed and took in the breath taking views.

Milford Sound

We headed to Milford to meet Dani s old school friend Annie, she was working there and offered us a place to stay in the beautiful Sound. We went through the Homer Tunnel on the way....scary!
Milford Sound runs 15 kilometres inland from the Tasman Sea and is surrounded by sheer rock faces that rise 1,200 metres or more on either side.
It is one of the most incredible places we have ever seen, rain or shine there is always something beautiful and huge to attract your attention.

Back on the road.

More scenery, on our way to Milford Sound.

ArrowTown.cont.

Dani had her heart set on panning for gold so we hired some gear and off we went. I found absolutely nothing but D found some, not enough to give up work though!! There was a news paper cutting of a guy that found a lump worth 40,000!!! so maybe we ll keep trying...

ArrowTown.

After Wanaka, we headed on to a place called Arrowtown which is an old gold mining town. It was really old fashioned and the buildings were like they were all them years ago.

Puzzling World cont.

An old Roman toilet.... not particularly private but I'm not shy!!

Puzzling World cont.

Inside there were many different optical illusions and things to play with. It was very interesting but you left with a bit of a dizzy head-ache.

Puzzling World.

Dani wanted to visit Puzzling world in Wanaka because firstly Val (her Grandma) had been and said it was great and also because Dani has a thing for Mazes! Well, we accepted the difficult challenge and completed it within the time, due to some very good decisions made by D (i tried to help but my sense of direction was about as good as my patience, enjoyed it though)!!!!! The sun was hot but we had an absolutely great time and did nt kill each other....thanks Val for the idea!

The road to Wanaka. Lake Wanaka.

On the road.

We left Mt Cook/Aoraki felling awesome it was a fantastic experience and a great start to the trip around New Zealand. Next we headed south towards Wanaka, the weather was stunning and the roads were unreal, twisting and turning in our little go-cart it was wicked!!

Back on the road.

Glacier lake at the base of Mt Cook.......,

This is about as far as you can go without a guide. 2 and a half hour tramp with some wicked scenery and on occasion the path near enough disappears to purely a stream and you end up rock hopping!! Once at the lake though there is only one thing left.......the tramp back!!

More Mt Cook