Introduction to today's journey
Today's journey takes me on a cruise out into the dramatic Milford Sound, heading up the left hand side of the fiord out into Tasman Sea before returning along the other side back to the port. From there I explore the waterfront and return there for a dramatic sunset.
Today's Journey
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Setting off from the Milford Sound harbour in the early morning as low clouds linger around the mountain peaks. |
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Passing under the mile high cliff of Mitre Peak taken with a very wide angle shot to get the entire mountain in. |
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Under Fairy Falls which silently drops in a veil of mist down the cliffs with shrubs drinking the water clinging onto the rock faces. |
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Reaching the Tasman Sea looking northward along the West Coast. The alpine fault running diagonally through the middle of the South Island reaches the coast in front of the flat headland. From there it continues southward passing offshore from the rest of Fiordland. |
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Turning around and heading back into Milford Sound under its giant mountains. |
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Following the dark northern side of Milford Sound, we get very close to Stirling Falls plunging spectacularly out of a hanging valley. |
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Heading up Harrison Cove where a river flows and the two kilometre high Mount Pembroke towers overhead with its perpetual coverage of snow. Here we stop at an underwater observatory to look at the black coral and fish which inhabit these deep waters. |
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From Harrison Cove, we return to Milford Sound. Here was are passing Bowen Falls about a kilometre short of the harbour. |
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The sun goes behind Mount Phillips as I return to the waterfront for the sunset. The end of the Milford Track had passed under these mountains. |
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The sun sets over the Tasman Sea as the high tide reflecting the jagged mountains laps on the foreshore. It is unusually calm with no clouds in the sky - very rare for Milford Sound which normally receives 6-7 metres of rain each year, and last year received 9 metres of rain. |
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