New Zealand – Milford Road
After spending last week putting our New Zealand photobook together I came to realise how many photo’s I still have left to share with the world, so after a 6 month break I’m returning to a NZ themed post. Milford Sound was the absolute highlight of our trip around the south island last xmas, not only for the fjords themselves, but also the famous drive there from the next closest town of Te Anau. The Milford road has it all, from grassy plains and crystal clear fresh water rivers in the shadows of majestic mountains to countless waterfalls descending down sheer rockfaces. We spent around 3 hours on the journey taking a little more time than the average trip, making the most of random stops along the way to soak in the scenery and we could have spent much longer, but enough of the words… Here are some of my favourite photos.
As you can see, we had pretty changable weather over the 2 days we spent in the area which unfortunately did not contain much sun. Mostly overcast, wind, rain but with some decent light breaking through the thick cloud cover now and again. However this did not dampen our enjoyment one bit – it would take something out of this world to take anything away from the wonderment of Milford Road and Milford Sound itself.
The only thing I really regret with these photos is not having included any objects that could portray a sense of scale to these scenes. As great as the scenery looks, my photos don’t really translate the grandeur of the mountains quite as well as I would have liked.
Thanks for reading, I hope you weren’t put off the images by the drivel I’ve been typing! If you’re reading this far then I guess I’ve done well enough!
Above are just a few photos to get you started – the gallery below contains these and a bunch more to be enjoyed in a larger resolution.
