{"id":119,"date":"2014-04-27T18:30:24","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T01:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fmsreliability.com\/adventures\/?p=119"},"modified":"2014-04-28T13:21:16","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T20:21:16","slug":"milford-road-february-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fmsreliability.com\/adventures\/2014\/04\/27\/milford-road-february-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Milford Road &#8211; February 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;SH94 &#8211; A smorgasbord of oooh and ahhhs&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This morning, I noticed through the frosted window in the bathroom such amazing orange and fuchsia light blazing through. I raced out and Fred was already outside with his camera taking photos of the most stunning sunrise either of us has ever seen. On the western horizon, clouds were getting heavier.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Views from cottage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fmsphotos.com\/Travel\/2014-New-Zealand\/i-DVkxfqG\/1\/M\/_DSC6230-M.jpg\" alt=\"Views from cottage\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our helicopter pilot, Mike, called shortly and confirmed what we had feared. He said the weather was deteriorating and he didn\u2019t think it would be an enjoyable flight. So we rescheduled for the following day.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Kepler Track from Rainbow Reach to Shallow Bay\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fmsphotos.com\/Travel\/2014-New-Zealand\/i-7rc3mtQ\/1\/S\/_DSC6249-S.jpg\" alt=\"Kepler Track from Rainbow Reach to Shallow Bay\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Kepler Track from Rainbow Reach to Shallow Bay\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fmsphotos.com\/Travel\/2014-New-Zealand\/i-wtTDrht\/1\/S\/_DSC6313-S.jpg\" alt=\"Kepler Track from Rainbow Reach to Shallow Bay\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We decided to take the opportunity to make our way to Milford Sound. But following Jessie\u2019s advice to not drive on Milford Road until after 11am, we still had time for a hike. We drove a short bit to Rainbow Ridge and hiked to Shallow Bay, a portion of the Kepler Track. It was about a 2.5-hour return hike and mostly level with areas of chest-high ferns, vocal cicadas, and blankets of moss. The entrance was a huge swingbridge, followed by a slight uphill climb to a dramatic view, then another smaller swingbridge. There was also a bog to cross over well-maintained walkways, a viewpoint of wetlands, and it all culminated at an isolated beach along Lake Manapouri.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Adventure on a walk wire\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fmsphotos.com\/Travel\/2014-New-Zealand\/i-m8CC9T9\/1\/S\/_DSC6323-S.jpg\" alt=\"Adventure on a walk wire\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was time now to head for Milford. We stopped at Te Anau to purchase some munchies and gas. Our first stop of interest was at the Earl Mountain Tracks pullout. Only 10 minutes in is a walkwire across the river. This was one of those trails that you are happy to have the orange triangles at frequent intervals to guide the way. There were some muddy areas we nicknamed The Tar Pits. I imagine that if budget doesn\u2019t allow for a proper bridge, and the DOC needs to figure out how to get trampers from one side to the other safely, they engineer a walkwire. There are three cables, one for your feet and one for each hand. This was really a face-your-fears kind of adventure and I\u2019m so glad we did this.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Adventure on a walk wire\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fmsphotos.com\/Travel\/2014-New-Zealand\/i-ctNbVhm\/1\/M\/_DSC6331-M.jpg\" alt=\"Adventure on a walk wire\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We continued on to Homer Tunnel. The weather, as predicted, started to get worse and it started raining. We sat at the Homer pullout and ate lunch. Fred did venture out of the car to take a picture of the waterfall there, but we nixed the idea of hiking to it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Milford Sound foreshore walk\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fmsphotos.com\/Travel\/2014-New-Zealand\/i-Lx2KNRF\/1\/M\/_DSC6382-M.jpg\" alt=\"Milford Sound foreshore walk\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next stop was the Chasm. The rain had lessened to a mere drizzle. There were many cars parked in the carpark and naturally, many visitors on the trail. The Chasm itself was amazing. It reminded me of Tree Trunk Gorge on the North Island (which we had all to ourselves), but will a lot more tourists.<\/p>\n<p>When we arrived at Milford Sound it was still drizzling on and off and there was a bit of a breeze. This did not deter the sandflies. We opted to go on the Foreshore Walk. We walked out as far as we could on the gravel shore so Fred could get some great shots of Bowen Falls and Mitre Peak.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Mirian Lake Track along the rapids\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fmsphotos.com\/Travel\/2014-New-Zealand\/i-mnk3w9q\/1\/S\/_DSC6421-S.jpg\" alt=\"Mirian Lake Track along the rapids\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On our return we stopped at Marion Lake Track and walked as far as the gantry. The water really rushes through there and is quite noisy. I would have liked to have hiked to Key Summit nearby, but you couldn\u2019t see the top and the weather was too unpredictable.<\/p>\n<p>A bit further up the road was a stop at Boyd Creek. It has a DOC green sign, but you have to open a paddock gate to drive in. There was no one there but us. It\u2019s not advertised as a stopping point and the only reason we were there was because a geocache was inside. It led us down the hill to two beautiful waterfalls we would have never seen otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Driving home we muddled over our options regarding what to do if our heliflight was cancelled the following day. In all probability, it would be.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Boyd Creek falls\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fmsphotos.com\/Travel\/2014-New-Zealand\/i-C3PmnzK\/1\/M\/_DSC6430-M.jpg\" alt=\"Boyd Creek falls\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><a class=\"cont\" title=\"Clifden Caves \u2013 February 28\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fmsreliability.com\/adventures\/2014\/04\/27\/clifden-caves-february-28\/\">The Adventure Continues&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;SH94 &#8211; A smorgasbord of oooh and ahhhs&#8221; This morning, I noticed through the frosted window in the bathroom such amazing orange and fuchsia light&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2014-new-zealand"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Milford Road - February 27 - Adventures<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fmsreliability.com\/adventures\/2014\/04\/27\/milford-road-february-27\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Milford Road - February 27 - Adventures\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&#8220;SH94 &#8211; 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