Doubtful, Dusky & Milford Sounds

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We spent the day scenic cruising though several of the fjords in the southwestern corner of NZ.  The first thing you may notice is the change in clothing that we are wearing.  Remember the shorts and tee shirts of Bora Bora?  Well, here is how we are dressed now.  Not a pair of shorts in sight.

To give you an idea of what it takes to cruise through Fjords here is a picture of our navigation chart.  You can see the plotted course in the channel with all the turns.  You can also see how close we are to the terrain.  The straight red line toward the top of the screen is the projected course if we don’t turn.

I won’t go into a lot of detail on which fjord is which and all the intricacies of the day.  Here are some shots of the scenery we pasted.

This waterfall is in Milford Sound.  Milford Sound is the most famous tourist site in NZ.  It was called the eighth Wonder of the World by Rudyard Kipling.  The little yellow specs you see to the right are Kayakers.

This zoom shot shows a “day cruiser” taking tourists up close.  They actually get into the waterfall spray.

Ok, here is a close shot of the kayakers for our more adventurous readers.  You can take two and three day camping trips kayaking the fjords.  Not exactly our style of travel.

And now we say goodbye to NZ and set sail across the Tasman Sea heading for Tasmania.  Two days at sea to get there.

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Ken & Noreen