Water, water everywhere ...

We were lucky today. The morning dawned grey and grim but the tour guide had been tipped off that the road tunnel into Milford Sound would open later that morning - so we set off. The guided tour seemed a good idea to Lyn because apparently the long road tunnel into Milford Sound is not really scary in a crowded mini-bus but definitely is scary in a car (with me).  Also big boats are ok but small boats are not. (This is what I live with.)

We waited in the traffic lined up at the tunnel entrance. It opened despite some epic overnight rainfall that on the previous day had washed bridges away on the road to Haast Pass. If anything, all that rain made the day even more spectacular. 

We spent the day towered over by mountains which disappeared into clouds. Waterfalls fell thousands of feet into the sea. It was a universe of water. There were seals.

The day trip to Milford Sound is difficult to capture in photographs because they don’t give a proper sense of scale. So look carefully at the picture above and you will see a boat. It is a big boat. You will also notice you cannot see the tops of the mountains.

It was a great day.