Week 9 - Milford Sound to Invercargill to Dunedin

One of MANY waterfalls in Milford Sound

 This Sunday we spent looking at Millford Sound - a fjord in Southern Alps of New Zealand.  WOW!  God has made some incredible places!  I added the link for you to see more about it.

A glance at the Sound - pictures cannot capture the beauty

Z & Hannah at Tuatara Statue outside museum.

 Finally got to Invercargill and spent Chel's Birthday (Oct 31st) in a museum at Queens Park.


Z was pretty excited to see the Tuatara - endemic to New Zealand.

 Burt Monroe's "Fastest Indian"

     

Hannah & Z with Henry (110 year old Tuatara)

Cool Sign eh?

Went to Curio Bay and got to watch Yellow Eyed Penguins come in from the sea to feed their young.

They are the rarest penguin in the world.

The penguin is left of Chel over her right shoulder.  They would walk past us, but we wanted to keep some distance to not scare them.




 

Drove to Dunedin and made a few stops along the way.

Niagara Falls, NZ!!

Week 8 - Wellington to Southern Alps of South Island

This week we are heading to the South Island.    We have friends from Equippers Church we are meeting in Invercargill.  It is about the southern-most city in NZ.

Zechariah's 9th Birthday Breakfast - Meat Pie and a Pastry

Chel, Hannah & Z at TePapa Museum

 We stopped in Wellington and went to the National Museum (TePapa) for Zechariah's Birthday on Oct. 23.

Ferry from Wellington to Picton

Then we took the ferry from Wellington on the North Island to Picton on the South Island.

Center of New Zealand

We drove from Picton to Nelson NZ - Center of New Zealand and where the 1st Rugby game was played.

Longest Swing Bridge in NZ

Driving from Nelson to Greymouth on the West Coast of the South Island we stopped at the Longest Swing Bridge in NZ.  Hannah & Z ran across it numerous times.

Pancake Rocks & Blowhole on west side of South Island

We stopped at the Pancake Rocks and Blowhole and the West Coast near Punakaiki.

Ron, John & Di Burnett, and Chel

 We met John & Di Burnett from Wales at the Franz Josef Glacier.  Great couple who are world travelers and missionaries.

 We were able to walk up to within 400 yards of the glacier.  There were waterfalls all around the walk up to the glacier.

Hannah & Z trying to put the tower back in place after knocking it over...

We stopped at Puzzling World and worked on some tough mind puzzles in Wanaka.

Lake Wakatipu between Queenstown and Kingston

 


 We decided to have our family church service at Lake Wakatipu in Kingston.  It was a beautiful serene place to take in the awe of God.

It was Avalanche "season" on Milford Sound Highway

Rocks across road from avalanche.

After we finished church - we drove to Milford Sound.  The drive there was beautiful - but a little scary.  There were still remains of previous avalanches alongside the road (and on it) and we couldn't stop due to possible avalanches.