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Milford Sound Cruising - in and out to see how far it is. 'Lo and behold, whatever else the ship can't manage, we are actually, definitely going to cruise Milford Sound. Wonders will never cease. The weather has finally cooled down and it was a glorious, grey, cloudy, drizzly and chilly - we even put on jeans and jumpers and our puffy jackets. We went out on deck as the ship approached the coast and spent several hours enjoying the lush greenery, mountain peaks and waterfalls of Milford Sound - all the way in and all the way out again - even saw a few dolphins off the bow of the ship. As always, took far too many photos. It was winter when we visited the first time back in 2005 and we flew to Milford from Queenstown and took the boat out to the coast and back again on a blue sky, sunshiney day with snow on the peaks - so this trip was all the same but in reverse. We used the luxury of the cooler weather to our advantage and James got the chance to wear his vintage velvet jacket to dinner (the one he bought in Santiago). A wonderful end to the NZ part of the voyage and we were both looking forward to a couple of sea days en route to Hobart and finally back in Australia after 18 months away.
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