A twelve hour day of natural wonders has just come to an end! It started when my alarm went off at 5.45am. The first natural wonder I saw was myself in the mirror and it was NOT a pretty site!
The bus proceed to pick us up at 6.55am and as we drove out of Queenstown and into the the mountains, the site that greated us was snow capped peaks and lazy clouds, still lying atop the mountains. It was an absolutely amazing site.
Two hours later this gave way to an alpine pass which took us through the valley of a thousand waterfalls and due to the recent heavy rainfall the name did not dissapoint! There were waterfalls everywhere, from the merest trickle to thundering torrents of water. Snow and beech trees were everywhere. It was like a magical winter wonderland.
We stopped at The Chasm where I took an amazing video of the water streaming down through the rock formations and then we were off again and through Homers Tunnel heading down to Milford Sound.
We boarded the boat which took us around and we saw more amazing waterfalls and lots of beautiful nature. The boat took us out to the mouth of Milford where it meets the sea and then back again. It stopped just next to a huge waterfall where I got soaked but the spray from the waterfall was absolutely invigorating!
Just as the boat was sailing back to the jetty, the mist came rolling in behind us, hiding everything. It was perfect timing as we got to see Milford before it rolled in.
A few flakes of snow started to fall as we boarded the bus and then the heavens opened. 300 kilometres later we arrived in a very wet Queenstown.
I hopped out in town and picked up my ski gear (all mismatched... so you can just IMAGINE what I'm going to look like on the slopes tomorrow... like something a polar bear threw up!)
Watch this space for the outcome of my ski adventure!
That's all for now... Bye xxx
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