MILFORD SOUND, fly, cruise, fly

Queenstown Airport.

In the aircraft, all eight of us.

Waterfalls from the air.

Homer Tunnel entrance.

Milford Sound entrance (note lighthouse).

We have company.

Glacial ice and frozen lake.

The Southern Alps.

Over the mountain tops.

The road to Coronet Peak looking towards Queenstown.

Walter Peak Station.

Milford Airport.

Our boat.

On the deck.

Stirling Falls, the wind caused by the the water displacing the the air is quite awesome.

A long, long waterfall.

Rainbow on the water.

Two of the several falls that only appear after heavy rain.

White streak of a waterfall against the dark walls of the Sound.

The shear cliffs of the Sound.

Entrance to Milford Sound from the Tasman Sea, no wonder Captain Cook missed it.

Contrast in light.

We fly through the Alps

Queenstown, Creeksyde is in the strip between the two lots of playing fields.

Final approach, Queenstown Airport.