Fjiordland

Classic NZ road trip

Classic NZ road trip - well on South island- no traffic great scenery.  This was the route to Te Anau.  An overnight stop to allow us to visit Milford Sound.  This was also awesome.  The trip us was with a guide on the post bus.  He stopped at various locations to tell us about the natural environment.  Such as Manuka bushes only grow in NZ and they make great honey.  He brewed us Manuka tea en route with a mixture of Indian tea and fresh picked Manuka leaves.  Delicious!!

Milford Sound was amazing too.  How Capt Cook managed to find it is a mystery let alone map the fjiord area.  His maps and charts were used up until about 20 years ago.  

This is the road up to the Sound.  More pics to follow on facebook , it's too slow here to load any more!  The next day we did a 7 mile walk which even Steve managed through some LOTR scenery locations to Mananpouri Lake.  This was also beautiful and isolated.  We are now in Queenstown not a blonde or a dwarf in sight but very buzzy; it's a typical ski resort.  The mountain scenery is lovely.  Will blog more next week as I'm doing this in a chocci cafe and it's costing a fortune in hot choc!  No wifi at the apartment this week.  

The match was good we played better making less errors and practising some good backs' moves against pretty clueless opposition. Well attended too.  Sat right by two other Tigers fans who appreciated the Ben/ Manu try from the restart after half time. We drove to Dunedin from Queenstown a round trip of 7 hours for the day!