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Album Images
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| Early and fast photo Marion Gordon |
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| Arriving by Helicopter at Milford Sound. Down the Cleddau River with Mitre Peak in the distance. |
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| Incoming |
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| A very threatening cloud system above Milford Sound. Looking west to the mouth of Milford. Sometimes in these weather systems winds can gust to over 100 knots. |
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| First cruise |
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| Early in the morning at Milford looking west to Harrison's Cove with a very light air on the water. If you look to the left or right of this page this water image was used to create my border template. |
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| Spring on the Milford road |
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| Late spring or early summer these wilding lupens grow in the river flats of the Eglington Valley in all colours. These are head high and a must do picture stop. |
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| Just one of many |
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| The Disappearing Falls. So named as they get blown upside down and disappear into the sky during very strong winds. These falls can be found on the north side of the fiord a short distance west of the seal rocks. |
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| On the way to work photo Marion Gordon |
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| Mt Phillips. If you worked in Milford in the summer and walked to the boat or office where you might work you may have views like this to put up with on the way. |
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| Stirling Falls |
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| Stirling Falls, on the north side of Milford Sound. Height 156m. One of only three permanent waterfalls, others dry up surprisingly. |
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| Just loving it |
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| Bottlenose dolphins love riding the bow wave of the tourist boats in Milford. They are present somewhere in the fiord most days. |
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| Evening on the Mackinnon Pass |
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| This photo was taken from Deep Water Basin in Milford Sound looking south to the Arthur Valley and the end of the Milford track. The low ridge in the distance is the hardest part of the track, the Mackinnon Pass. |
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| The Seal Rocks |
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| Photo by Chris Hishon. The NZ fur seal, Milford Sound This group are on the north side of the fiord. These are just babies The boats will stop here if there are seals on the rocks, which they usually are. |
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| Mitre Peak Sunset |
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| Summer in Milford Sound. Looking west to Mitre Peak on the left and Mt Kimberly to the right. |
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| Lady Bowen Falls,Milford |
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| The Bowen falls in full flight. This photo was taken in the early stages of what became known as the Queenstown floods. Milford had some 1000mm of rain in three days. |
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| Humpback Whale |
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| This Whale pictured at the mouth of Milford Sound, Fiordland |
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| Juvenile Kea |
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| This young kea hanging around the Homer Tunnel near Milford Sound. Please don't feed me. |
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| Winter Scene |
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| Photo by Chris Hishon.This winter view showing the Lady Bowen Falls. It also shows how big the mountains are with the large tour boats moored below to the right. |
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| The Hanging Valley |
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| Photo by Chris Hishon. A view of the Stirling Falls at Milford Sound, showing the perfect hanging valley above. Each one of these valleys or change in rock angle represents an ice age. |
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| Sun Set in the west |
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| Photo by Chris Hishon. This photo is taken at the entrance of the fiord from the M.V. Mariner doing its over night cruise of Milford Sound. Chris Hishon is the skipper. |
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| Sapphire Princess |
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| Photo by Chris Hishon. The cruise vessel has just entered Milford Sound on one of its many visits. |
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| Sapphire Princess |
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| Photo by Chris Hishon. These vessals really look the part as they cruise up the fiord. |
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| Statendam |
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| Photo by Chris Hishon. Smaller than the Sapphire but still a big boat in Milford Sound. These vessels have to take care with strong winds in the fiords. |
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