Today we made the long journey from Milford Sound to Dunedin. On the way out of Milford Sound we were the only vehicle to be going through Homer Tunnel, so we got a great view of the tunnel in our headlights. On the other side we stopped to admire the view of the valley when a Kea landed on the roof of the campervan and started chewing the ariel. This was amusing and we got some great photos, until we noticed the cheeky b***** had bitten off the top of the ariel!...

We left Te Anau to drive up to Milford Sound. The drive to Milford is fantastic, especially as it the weather had cleared and it was a lovely sunny day. We passed lakes and rivers following the valley floor up towards the mountains. We stopped for a couple of quick walks by the Mirror Lake (an oxbow lake that reflects the mountains – unfortunately the wind was blowing when we were there so this didn’t work) and The Chasm, where the river has carved fa...