Te Anau & Doubtful Sound

...we dawdled round Queenstown and finally left after lunch to drive to a homestay near Te Anau. Weather alternating between sunshine - sometimes with rain - and showers all the weay. Lots of large farms with sheep - cows - sheep - deer - sheep and, well, sheep. Arrived finally (in rain) at the lovely home of Sharon and Alistair Macdonald who farm sheep (surprise) cattle (herefords) and deer (a red deer and elk cross called a wittipaki (?) Lovely meal of local lamb with crumble to follow and lots of nice chat to go with it.

Next day set off in clear weather for our trip to Doubtful Sound. Drove to Manipouri where we boarded a boat [catamaran] across the lake to join a road over the Wilmot Pass that brought us to the end of D. Sound. Road was built to supply construction of a power station that takes water from the lake and uses the 300m drop to drive the turbines. Impressive stuff!