16/8/9 Te Anau to Milford Sound and return to Queenstown We awoke to see lots of low cloud and grey skies which was a bit disappointing as we need the day to be a bit less cloudy. we decided to be optimistic and keep our fingers crossed that the weather would clear later on by the time we arrived at the sound. we were picked up at 10am by Cheese another Kiwi driver on a bus with only 8 others...happy days. Fiordland of which Milford Sound is a part, was awarded ...

15/8/9 Invercargill to Te Anau Thankfully we had a late pick up and only left Invercargill at 10am so ahd a little lie in. we visited Invercargill museum where there are Tuatara, the only surviving members of sphenodontians, lizard like creatures that flourished 200 million years ago. They are said to live up to 250 years old but the ones at the museum were only 125 !!! Henry one of the lizards had just become a father at 120 years old. We were able to see the b...

14/8/9 Invercargill We left Dunedin at 7.45am and travelled through Balclutha (shores of the Clutha River) which is the capital of the central otago region. The Clutha river is the largest river in NZ by volume and flows at 300 cubic meters per second so is pretty big !!! Balclutha has great street names both Elizabeth and Smith Streets which Phil said must be where the pikeys live !! We joined the Southern Scenic route through the Catlins an area of rugged coas...

13/8/9 Dunedin Today we are on a mini trip called the bottom bus and we jumped on a smaller bus with just 6 of us to travel to Dunedin, Invercargill, Te Anau and Milford Sound over the next four days. We had a small mini bus and our driver is an Australian called Skip !! Firstly we passed through Cromwell which is NZs fruit growing area. we then went ot Clyde dam NZs 2nd largest dam and the reservoir holds 33 billion fishbowls of water !!!! It was built on a fau...

11/8/9 Wanaka to Queenstown We left Wanaka for Queenstown at 8.30am in the pouring rain and drove a short distance to Puzzling World which is a puzzles park. It has the worlds first 3D maze with many bridges which really make you lost. We spent ages in there running around trying to get to the towers in each corner and got soaked in the rain but it was a bit of a laugh. Inside there were lots of illusions and a few rooms with illusins and mind tricks. The first ...