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My body clock most mornings wake me up at 7am and I was up and ready by 8:30am, just in time to miss the rangers who were on their rounds to collect the money for the campsite. This free camping malarkey is very rewarding. The drive to Milford Sounds is one of the main attractions in New Zealand and what a drive it was! We were that high up, we were driving in towards the clouds. The trees branches had moss on them and the mist was blinding. The van took a pounding driving up and down the steep and sharp curving roads. This road was the most expensive road in New Zealand and took over 25 years to build. Due to the mammoth task of carving out the huge mountains with dynamite. All was worth it once we finally reached Milford Sounds. We booked on the tour that included a free buffet. Considering we have been eating rations, this was the highlight of the day. We was accompanied on the tour boat with the usual Asian older population. Rude as ever, but they are most entertaining when it comes to them taking selfies.
I must say that the camera does not do anything that I have seen justice. To see New Zealand you have to do it with your own eyes. The water here is so clear and clean. There's also this lake you can go to and fill your water bottle up and drink the water. That's how clean and clear it is. More on Milford Sounds, which is, the most well-known and most accessible of all the fiords in New Zealand’s Fiordland National Park, a World Heritage Area. Its 16 kilometre length is lined by sheer rock faces that soar 3,900 ft or more from the water. At 1692 metres, the iconic Mitre Peak is a spectacular sight and New Zealand’s most photographed mountain.
Milford Sound is in the heart of a rainforest (annual rainfall is 6,813mm) which creates walls of temporary waterfalls on a wet day receding to just two permanent waterfalls (Lady Bowen Falls and Stirling Falls) in drier conditions. It rained the night before so we got to see all of them.
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