Fiordland National Park - Milford Sound

Te Anau is a good place to stop for the night on the trip to Milford Sound from Queenstown	Wings & Water Cessna floatplane, Lake Te Anau	Statue of aTakahe (Porphyrio mantelli)	Less than 200 Takahe remain
...but they were thought to be extinct in 1948	Bailiez, Te Anau	Debbie discovering Hokey Pokey	The Ranch, Te Anau
Fiordland National Park, the largest in New Zealand	Fiordland National Park	Fiordland National Park	Elington Valley, Fiordland National Park
Highway 94 from Te Anau to Milford Sound	Details on the Milford Road	Mirror Lakes, Fiordland National Park	It's best to stop at Mirror Lakes in the morning when it is calm
Mount Elginton, Fiordland National Park	Mount Elginton	Reflextion of Mount Elginton in Mirror Lakes	Reflextion of Mount Elginton in Mirror Lakes
Mirror Lakes	Mirror Lakes, Fiordland National Park	Mirror Lakes, Fiordland National Park	Mirror Lakes, Fiordland National Park
Mountain west of Mirror Lakes, Fiordland	Mirror Lakes	Growth on a tree, Fiordland	Deer Flat, Fiordland National Park
Dead possum - 70 million more where that came from	At one of the conservation talks, we were told to swerve to hit them - invasive pests	Lake Gunn, Fiordland National Park	Lake Gunn, Fiordland National Park
Lake Gunn, Fiordland National Park	Lake Gunn relects nicely in the morning as well	Lake Gunn, Fiordland National Park	Lake Gunn, Fiordland National Park
Lake Gunn, Fiordland National Park	Milford Road passing through a forested area, Fiordland National Park	Mount Lyttle, Fiordland Nationanl Park	Mount Lyttle, Fiordland Nationanl Park
Mount Lyttle from the Milford Highway	Te Anau-Milford Highway	Mount Crosscut on the NW side of Lake Marian	Mount Crosscut, Fiordland National Park
Mount Christina, Fiordland National Park	A Kereru (wood pigeon) in the wild, Hollyford	Southland-Westland link approved in 1936 "What about finishing it?"	H Bomb "deactivated by the New Zealand Prime Minister"
Hollyford River along the Milford Highway, Fiordland	Hollyford River, Fiordland	Te Anau-Milford Highway	Te Anau-Milford Highway, Mount Talbot
Mount Talbot, Fiordland National Park	Te Anau-Milford Highway, Mount Isolation	...just prior to the Homer Tunnel leading to Milford Sound	Mount Isolation behind Mount Talbot
Mount Isolation behind Mount Talbot	The Milford Highway at the Homer Tunnel, beware delays	Stream emerging from snowpack	Mitre Peak, Milford Sound, Fiordland
One of the most famous views in New Zealand	Mitre Peak, Milford Sound	We sure lucked out with a rare clear day	Milford Sound gets 5 to 9 meters of rain a year
Our Red Boat - Encounter Nature Cruises	10:30 am departure	Real Journey's Milford Sound cruise boat	Mitre Peak, Milford Sound
Milford Sound cruise terminal	Milford Sound is 16km long and up to 2 km wide	Mitre Peak, Milford Sound, Fiordland	Milford Sound cruise
Kayakers, Milford Sound	Milford Sound cruise	Mount Pembroke, Fiordland	Milford Sound reflected in Debbie's sunglasses
Debbie on the Milford Sound cruise	Real Journeys flight on approach to Milford Sound Airport	Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park	Cliffs on the south side of Milford Sound
Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park	Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park	Encounter Nature Cruise, Milford Sound	Landslide scar, Milford Sound
Encounter's smaller boats can get in close	Milford Sound	Ferns, Milford Sound	Basking seal, Milford Sound
Seal from Encounter Nature Cruise, Milford Sound	...the penguins were already gone though	...it moved...	Small waterfall, Milford Sound
Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park	Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park	Small waterfall, Milford Sound	While I enjoyed the blue skies, rain brings many more small cascades
Encounter cruise, Milford Sound	Waterfall, Milford Sound	Waterfall, Milford Sound	Rainbow in a Milford Sound waterfall
Waterfalls, Milford Sound	Waterfall, Milford Sound	South shore, Milford Sound	Waterfall, Milford Sound
Minerals, Milford Sound	Shear cliffs on the south shore, Milford Sound	Real Journey's kayak mothership	South side of Milford Sound
Fairy Falls, Milford Sound	Fairy Falls, Milford Sound	Fairy Falls, Milford Sound	Fairy Falls, Milford Sound
Fairy Falls, Milford Sound	Fairy Falls, Milford Sound	Fairy Falls, Milford Sound	The crew collecting glasses of fresh water from the falls
...must be a job for the junior members	Rainbows from the waterfall off the bow of the ship	Rainbow in the mist, Milford Sound	Milford Sound looking east
Real Journey's Milford Sovereign	Red Boat's Pride of Milford	Mom on the bow of the ship	Milford Sound looking back to Fairy Falls
Seal rocks near the mouth of Milford Sound	Seal rocks, Milford Sound	Seal rocks, Milford Sound	Milford Sound looking east
Stirling Falls, Milford Sound	Stirling Falls, Milford Sound	Stirling Falls, Milford Sound	Stirling Falls, Milford Sound
Another close...and wet...encounter	Stirling Falls, Milford Sound	View through the pilot house window	Nosing the ship into the base of Stirling Falls
Stirling Falls, Milford Sound	Debbie, Stirling Falls, Milford Sound	Debbie, Stirling Falls, Milford Sound	Debbie, Stirling Falls, Milford Sound
The mountains by the Homer Tunnel	The less famous side of Mitre Peak	Side view of Mitre Peak, Milford Sound	Milford Deep Underwater Observatory
Mount Pembroke, Milford Sound	Mount Pembroke, Milford Sound	Mount Pembroke, Milford Sound	Private sailboat "Southern Bear", Milford Sound
Red Boat Crewmember	"Southern Bear" Milford Sound	Boats around the Milford Deep Underwater Observatory	Mount Pembroke
Milford Sound	Milford Sound	A Cessna on approach to Milford Sound Airport	Milford Sound
Red Boat Cruise, Milford Sound	Red Boat Cruise, Milford Sound	Bowen Falls, Milford Sound	Bowen Falls, Milford Sound
ZS-ALM Milford Sound	Red Boat Cruise, Milford Sound	Bowen Falls, Milford Sound	Helicopter tour, Milford Sound
Bowen Falls, Milford Sound	The end of Milford Sound	Mitre Peak, Milford Sound	Bowen Falls, Fiordland National Park
Bowen Falls, near the Milford cruise wharf	Bowen Falls, Milford Sound	Mitre Peak, Milford Sound	Back at the wharf after the 2 hour cruise
We'll have to settle for this Fiordland Crested Penguin	Trail from the cruise terminal to the parking lot	Ferns in the light, Milford Sound	Fern
Mom and Debbie with Milford Sound	Mitre Peak, Milford Sound	Milford Helicopters	Milford Sound Airport with Mitre Peak
Air Fiordland ZK-KPW at Milford Sound	Milford Sound Scenic Flights ZK-DRY	Tutoko River	Tutoko River
Donne River	Short hike through forest, Fiordland National Park	Fiordland National Park	Oddly eroded rock formations
Ferns, Fiordland National Park	Driving back to Queenstown	Gertrude Saddle above Homer Tunnel	Homer Tunnel - one way every 15 minutes which can cause delays
Homer Tunnel	View from the parking area on the east side of Homer Tunnel	Pyramid Peak, Fiordland National Park	Pyramid Peak, Fiordland
Debbie, Fiordland National Park	Debbie, Fiordland National Park	Debbie, Fiordland National Park	Debbie, Fiordland National Park
Debbie, Pyramid Peak, Fiordland National Park	Debbie, Fiordland National Park	Fiordland	Don't feed the Kea sign at the Homer Tunnel
Milford Highway	Milford Highway	Milford Highway	Milford Highway looking back to Mount Talbot
Mount Isolation	Mount Talbott & Hollyford River, Fiordland	Hollyford River, Fiordland	Hollyford River, Fiordland
Debbie, Fiordland	Kea - New Zealand's mountain parrot	Kea, Fiordland	Debbie screaming and ducking
Cheeky Bird	New Zealand license plate	Kea on the hood, Fiordland	Kea, Fiordland
Kea, Fiordland	Fiordland National Park	Passing 45 degrees south latitiude	Te-Anau Downs
Lake Te Anau	Looking for dinner back in Te Anau