Steam Ships to Jet Boats

Yes, it’s getting tough on this holiday. Another day another lake each with a local claim: the longest, the deepest, the most beautiful. Each day another means of water transport a vintage steam ship in Queenstown, a motor vessel to cruise the fiords of Milford Sound and today a Jet Boat down the river at Te Anau to Lake Manapouri.













And the weather, sunshine and tee shirts on our way from Queenstown to Te Anau on Friday followed yesterday by rain starting with a light drizzle that developed into a teaming storm on our trip to Milford Sound. There was so much rain that waterfalls emerged everywhere and we could hardly see the snow-capped mountains. It was touch and go whether the Milford Sound cruise would proceed. It did and by the time we reached the Tasman Sea it was sunshine again. And the scenery at Milford Sound was so bad we only took 168 photos.

















After the Jet Boat ride today there was nothing to do, so Adrian bought a fishing license. It took longer to buy the licence than to catch a fish. On his second cast he landed a tiddler (a 54cm rainbow trout). And then we had to eat the bloody thing. Not sure whether we can put up with this much longer.