Easter Weekend 4

Still Sunday 24 April, arriving in Milford to go on a cruise with the Southern Discoveries catamaran, 'Lady of the Sounds', on Milford Sound. By the way, Milford Sound is not a sound (formed by river action), it's a fiord (formed by glacial action).

The picture everybody takes - Mitre Peak (that's the one on the right):

Milford Sound, looking out towards the sea (not visible yet):

The fault line. Water cascades down the fault line (a crack in the mountains) on either side of the fiord - clearly visible directly after the rains of the night before:

Turning around, looking back down Milford Sound from the Tasman Sea end:

New Zealand fur seals dozing on a rock. We could not figure out how they got onto this huge rock with its vertical sides - it's still a mystery!

This is a permanent waterfall at the Milford end of the fiord, providing both water and electricity to the township.

Before returning to Milford we stopped at the floating underwater observatory:

Enjoy our wee movie taken from 10 meters under the surface of the water, and a snippet of a Dvořák symphony. The water is green because of the tannins leaching from the surrounding forests: