Today is one that had been marked in the calendar for months – a cruise around Milford Sounds. An early start to beat the traffic (it’s a 2 hour drive from Te Anau) and the 10.45 ferry.
It’s not really possible to do it justice in a photograph, but luckily Jo had her decent camera. Note the size of the ferry in the centre to give it some sense of scale.
And, luckily for us, some of the local wildlife decided to put on a little bonus event.
So why the title? Check out on Wikipedia. It was first named Milford Haven because that’s where the first person to discover it came from. But the locals objected to that, so it was renamed Milford Sounds. But as everyone knows, it isn’t a Sound but a Fjord ……
And finally, lupins. They grow wild all over the place and make beautiful colours.