Day: September 6, 2019

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Friday 6th September

By on Friday, September 6, 2019

Our juicy Lucy van is comfortable to sleep in, but also today she is giving us a juicy discount on a cruise.

The juicy company have a couple of catamarans operating tours in Milford sound. And as a juicy driver we can go on one half price. And as a extra brucie bonus the cruise that we had booked on (the cheapest one) got cancelled at the last minute we were upgraded to the premium cruise leaving 30 minutes later. A much nicer boat, unlimited hot drinks and longer all for the same price.

So a lovely morning spent on the water.

followed by the Milford road back in the afternoon. Tonight’s camp is in Te Anau a pretty town on the shore of the lake sharing it’s name. The lake is the largest on the South Island 38 miles long. 1,370 feet deep formed from glacier action. Popular for fishing and you can also catch the sea plane from here to explore the fiords by air.

At $500 each we decided that maybe we could live with out, maybe next time.

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Thursday 5th September

By on Friday, September 6, 2019

Today we drive the Milford road 75 miles of fiordlands spectacular landscapes. It has world heritage highway status. It has lush lake side forest, rugged mountains, alpine rivers and waterfalls. It takes 2.5 hours to drive if you don’t stop, but how could you not stop with the views it treats you to every second you just have to take a photo.

It has many stops along the way where you can go off on walks to stretch your legs from 5 minutes to 8 hours, some easy and others more challenging. The area is also rich in rare wild life, no dogs are aloud in the park and no wild camping either. So tonight we have to folk out for the most expensive campsite yet in New Zealand. it’s the only one in Milford so basically they can charge pretty much what they like. Saying that it is a well equipped site and clean. However the camp kitchen was small and to busy, no wi fi as it’s so remote and no t v. Mikes also run out of data not sure he will make it through the night.

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Wednesday 4th September

By on Friday, September 6, 2019

Today mike wanted to have a look around the motel cycle museum in Invercargill. It has over 300 bikes. Invercargill is the home town of Burt Monro and even though I’m not into bikes I’ve actually heard of Burt. I’ve watched the film staring Antony Hopkins that told the story of the fastest Indian, a motorcycle that Burt broke the land speed record on at bonneville salt flats. A good film and made the museum a little bit more interesting for me. https://jewellsontour.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/img_5436.mov

After spending a couple of hours looking around the museum we followed the coast around looking for a nice place to camp up. The road again was stunning and not much traffic. We have now gone as far south as we can unless we go to Stewart island so am now headed north up the west coast.

Tonight’s spot is monkey island. Named after the monkey winch that was used to haul ships up the slip way. It was a traditional lookout for whales. In the mid 19th century interest focused on the gold dust which lay on the beach. It made a very nice campsite for us. Treating us to the most spectacular sunset.

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