Kingsgate te Anau

... of snot they drop from their cocoons (the guide called them "silk" but I reckon they were snot with a marketing makeover myself). Te Anau is not renown for it’s culinary prowess so dinner at The Fat Duck was not likely to be a Blumethal experience ...

... seals.  This is an amazing place, but I feel it would have been better on a sunny day. We left Milford Sound and headed to Te Anau, where we stayed the night overlooking Lake Te Anau.  Another early start tomorrow to Dunedin (I hate mornings!!)

... viewing platform through special acrylic windows (that mean there is no magnification and things appear at normal size). The drive back to Te Anau was just as dramatic as the drive over with the sun setting over the mountains.  A quiet night was had ...

... ’re not meant to feed them) they go mental just like small kids – lots of fun to watch. On the bus back to Te Anau we were told a great story about a film put together by a local hero helicopter pilot over the last 12 years called Ata Whenua ( ...