One of the types of swing bridges that i encountered often on my walks. Lovely.

Thoreau did a better job than i might hope to about describing the magic and beauty of waterfalls and their effects.

Walked to a lovely waterfall in the afternoon and stopped off in Te Anau on the the drive back round towards Queesntown. Couldn't find a backpackers with room in Wanaka (predictably in ski season) so slept in the car and woke up to a beautiful view. Today has been laszy and spent around the shores of the lake but im soon heading up the west coast to the Franz Josef glacier and hope to do a bit of walking on that.


On Sunday i went to a crazy church called 'Queenstown Baptist'. It made Crossroads look normal! But it was good and the talk on 'Learning to love by Faith' was good stuff. Plus they really make visitors feel welcome and the more churches i visit all over the show the more i realise how important this is. Then i drove 4-5 hours round to Milford Sound through some serious alpine landscape and an AMAZING tunnel. Got into a quite cool and very remote backpackers for a good nights kip before attempting the other end of the Routeburn Track. This was an 8 hour day and very good exercise. A hot shower was very welcome back at the hostel. They had no tv and very limited communications but did have a piano :o) and a boy giving me free hot ports! wonderful. Just my kind of place.
Next morning i went on a cruise on Milford Sound (which is not actually a sound but a fiord) to see the Mitre Peak - the largest seacliff in the world apparently. So there you go. Saw some little fur-seals and many beautiful waterfalls etc. It reminded me very much of Norway.