Sunday, June 11, 2006
Milford sound!
This is one long ass drive from QT. Ard 6 hours. And a significant portion of it were endlessly winding roads too!
Beautiful. But I was told that it'll be awesome right after it rains cos then the whole place will be full of waterfalls! Ooooohh.. The cruise was kinda disappointing though. We only got to see 3 sealions and 2 waterfalls. And the PA speakers onboard were screwed up cos I didn't get to hear most of the commentary. Boooo.. it was all muffled. You had to like stand at strategic spots but then those spots were lousy for taking photos so I gave up listening. Hehe..
Here's what I managed to catch
The water appears dark cos of the tannin from the trees.
The water at the sound is actually a mixture of fresh water and sea water. The top 3 metres or so is fresh water. How cool is that huh?
And do you see parts of the hill below where it appears as if the trees are stripped off the surface? It happened when there's high rainfall after a particularly dry period. The rocks will get waterlogged and somehow the rocks at the top will just give way and those below it will get dragged down as well. It's called a treefall. Haha.. "pretty magnificent sight if u get to see one happen"
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