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    Milford Sound

    February 24 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    It rains for two days out of every three at Milford Sound but we had a day of hot sunshine and much blue sky. A day of scenery and not birds, though we did see a Weka run across the road. The lovely little South Island Wren (Rock Wren) was searched for by the Homer Tunnel, following Sav’s instructions but to no avail. And while I was doing this, Bev was having fun with a Kea where she parked waiting for me.

    Milford Sound is clearly a honeypot for tourists and has lately been extra-busy with Chinese visitors as it is the Chinese New Year.

    Like everybody else, we took a boat ride along the fiord to its mouth on the Tasman Sea and back. Absolutely stunning scenery with tall mountains, almost vertical, yet tree-clad flanks, much bare rock too and some snow at the top. Impressive waterfalls as well.

    On the way home we picked up a female hitch-hiker from Austin Texas who had been travelling in NZ for three months. Interesting company, and we took her back to near her homestay in Te Anau. Her name was Andra. I think she was in favour of Trump.    Read more