It was pouring still in the morning – we decided against Milford Sound, as 5 hours driving in the pouring rain sounded like No Fun At All – and it was forecast to rain there all day. Te Anau was supposed to clear up as the day went on, and it did.
More birds! A takahe – in a sanctuary, but as that’s the only place you can see them, they’re so close to extinction, then we were never going to see it in the wild. Also an Australasian Crested Grebe, complete with babies on its back, and a white-faced heron, also a black-billed gull (seen it before, but only really registered it today). Plus a yellowhammer (introduced!) and three more native birds, but in a sanctuary (Kea, Kaka, and Morepork), and as they can all be seen in the wild, I’m not counting them as real sightings, okay, Fiona?
We went for a long walk round the head of the lake in the afternoon – the wind up the lake is so fierce that it has real seashore waves that fold over and break on the shingle. Once again, the views are fabulous, and going back home is going to be such a let-down, visually!
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