New Zealand Part 5 - Milford Sound

Another long drive took us from Queenstown to Milford Sound. Sadly a bad weather day, lots of rain and low cloud, but that didn't spoil the scenery, in fact it added to it, especially in the mountains, there were waterfalls absolutely everywhere.

One of our stops was at a wetlands on the way, there were some NZ Scaup on the ponds, Swamp Harriers flying over the reed beds and this Bellbird in the bushes

 As I said lots of waterfalls,

 Another stop gave us a close up of a Kea

 it was still pouring of rain and the light was terrible,

 but the photos had to be taken!

So on into Milford Sound, our boat for the night..

 More fantastic waterfalls and scenery.

We saw a distant glimpse of Fjordland Penguin from the boat, some cormorant the following morning as we cruised out into the open sea, but otherwise with the very overcast and wet weather. Not much troubled the scoreboard.
So a few more scenic shots,
A cruise ship sailed into the sound and out again,

 one of the other boats on the sound,

 Heading into a waterfall!

Next stop Dunedin....