Timmy Travels

After Invercargill we headed for Te Anau, Te Anau is the last town passed through when travelling to Milford Sound. On the way here we stopped at a New Zealand farm to get a feel for one of the historic industries in NZ, sheep farming. We had to change into wellies and attractive outdoor gear to keep the sheep shit off. First job was to bottle feed some lambs which was interesting, normally sheep and lambs run away from humans but since these have been hand reared they are quite friendly, especially when you have a bottle of milk in hand.

Next up was a trip out to the fields where I got to drive the quad bike pulling a trailer full of my fellow passengers, hold tight everyone. Hear we were treated to a demo of sheep dog skills. The dogs hearded the sheep into the shed where they were about to get sheered. They are extremely clever dogs and highly entertaining to watch. Once in the shed a few of the people who were up for a go had a bash at sheep sheering, I wasn't really up for it after watching the guy sheer one and cutting it's ear open, lots of blood, felt a bit sorry for the sheep.

After the farm we headed for Te Anau it's self which is yet another beautiful lake side town in New Zealand, the evening was spent chilling out in the hostel playing cards. Next day we'd be heading to Milford Sound.

Today we had a bit of a lie in as we weren't being picked up until 10:15 to go to Milford Sound which gave time for lunch making always a winner when you're gonna be on a bus for a while. The drive to Milford sound was cool as we made our way through the glacier created plains with huge 1500 meter high mountains on either side.

Once we reached the Milford sound, although called a sound, it is more accurately classified as a fjord, we boarded the boat for a trip through the sound to take in all the breathtaking scenery and marvel at how a glacier could have created all this. The sound is home to lots of marine life and is over 500 meters deep, we visted an under water observatory to get a closer look.