On Friday evening, after seeing a short scenic movie about Fiordland, I went to see the Glowworm Caves on the other side of Lake Te Anau. The caves were quite impressive, masses of water rushing through them, and the glowworms pretty – as long as you don’t look at them too closely, that is. 🙂 I’ve seen more glowworms in the Waitomo Caves in the North Island, but it was a very nice way to spend the evening.
The best bit, though, was that it started snowing just as we got back – and in the morning everything was white and lovely. It was the perfect day for the trip to Doubtful Sound, which turned out to be incredibly gorgeous! First a boat ride across Lake Manapouri, then an excursion down the powerstation there, before we rode a bus through the mountains and snowy forests to Doubtful. The cruise couldn’t have been any better – we even saw a school of dolphins at play. Simply an amazing day, and I ended it by watching a couple of movies in our dorm room with two German girls.
As the photo album here on the site doesn’t seem to work, you can see the rest of the pictures here on Flickr.
Today I’m taking it easy here in Te Anau – my bus to Queenstown only leaves at 5pm.