New Zealand - Fiordland National Park

We arrived in the Fiordland NP and the weather turned for the worse

Not that it stopped a walk through a eerie forest..

We stopped to camp at Lake Gunn, where the cloud imposed on the view

but the next morning.....

We then travelled up towards Milford Sound, taking in the views along the way

Which were all spectacular

With plenty of gushing rivers...

..racing down valleys carved out 10 thousand years earlier by glaciers.

These birds are called Kea, and they stop and wait at the car parks to see if people will feed them...

Which people do, even though they're not supposed to

The mountains come virtually down to the road, as you can see

The whole drive can take 2 hours, but with stopping, walking and camping, it took us 30 hours...

There's a gushing chasm along the way which roars

And plenty of rivers linking lakes and eventually the sea

You get dolphins, octopus, ducks, fish and a rare type of penguin here

Paul, at the Eglinton River, leading down from the lakes, on our way back

You can also take a plane or helicoptor ride around it, if you're feeling flush

Top day, but the twisty hairpins and swooping bends really made me miss my bike!