NZ: Queenstown and Milford Sound

In the second half of the New Zealand travels, we went down from Christchurch to Queenstown. We missed some of the scenery the day before of Mount Cook and Lake Tekapo, thanks to Pacific Blue and their flight delay. However getting down to Queenstown, we have the fantastic view of the town from the Skyline gondola. We were definitely blessed with great weather during this time.
Day 2 was Milford Sound cruise. We took off bright and early from Queenstown and the trip took 4 hours by bus to get to the cruise ship. Then we had a one hour boat ride and piled back into the bus to head back into town. The scenery was beautiful and I would definitely consider coming back to do the Milford Track during the summer months

Mirror Lake

pair of Kea parrots

Cruising along Milford Sound

Dolphins frolicking around the boat

We then went from Queenstown to Dunedin and we took the Taieri Gorge railway from Pukerangi to Dunedin. It was a good point to take the train ride as it started raining and throughout the trip, we saw many beautiful rainbows. We also saw tons of sheep around the fields as well

scenery on the railway

Baaaaaaaahhh