After a good night’s sleep recovering from the exertions of the Milford Track, we today drove south to a “farmstay” east of Invercargill in the “Southland.” The first third of the most direct route, would have retraced half of the drive to Te Anu, which we had just done twice, so we elected to head […]
Our last day of this trip actually involved no hiking. We were allowed to sleep in, until 7:15. After breakfast, we boarded a boat for a scenic cruise of Milford Sound. The weather this morning was almost perfect, if you like spectacular vistas of mountains and water. The next 3 photos were taken before we […]
It rains a lot in southwestern New Zealand. The moist air blowing off of the Tasman Sea hits the high mountains we have been walking through and, at times the water is said to come down as if from a fire hose. The Arthur River watershed averages 7 m (about 22 feet) of rain a […]
WARNING: This post is long and has LOTS of pictures. Day 3 of the hike is what makes the Milford Track famous. The Milford Track has a reputation of being the best hike in the world, a distinction that apparently began with an article by the New Zealand poet Blanche Baughan published by the London […]
Note to readers: Several of you have noted that you could not post comments because of a permissions problem. Nina has now fixed that. Your comments are most definitely welcome! Today we have our first real hike. It is ten miles long but not particularly hard since the track is generally quite good and we […]