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““Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way they have been told to.” ”
Built here by some fishermen who were not afraid to think outside the box and exploit loopholes. The National Park rules said nothing to be built above the high tide mark… so they constructed this on poles on some rocks which jutted out beyond the cutoff point. Crafty…
This fur seal colony is located at the mouth of Doubtful Sound, by the Tasman Sea.
Despite having 200 rain days, and 8-9 metres (yes, METRES) of rain a year, Fiordland totally turned it on for us today. What a brilliant Christmas present.
If you look closely, you can see a seal regretting his life choices as he is unable to make his lumbering way up the steep rock face to the top.
These were the seals that were once nearly hunted into extinction all for the sake of a few fancy coats.
We pulled in along here and cut the engines. The sound of silence and birdsong was incredible. In between inconsiderates making noise and moving around.
Let’s just say that one who came clomping up the stairs talking got a Level 11 Mrs Teeboon Death Stare. She piped down pretty quick.
The forest in the Sounds is so-called due to the occurrence of tree avalanches (“travalanches” for short). These happen when the weather is too dry for too long and the anchor trees lose their grip on the moss (there’s zero topsoil!) and come crashing down, taking everything with it.
With the most-photographed dead tree in the world. The one at Wanaka is a pretender, as it has leaves.
He’s having fun, honestly..!
Thanks for the good times; you’ve been brilliant!