The beds in New Zealand are so comfortable and it’s a major struggle to drag my lazy arse out today at 9am. I jump in the shower and after a quick breakfast we set off for Milford Sound. First stop of the day is the Gore Moonshine Museum. It’s not very big but I like it in there, finding out about the Scottish descendent locals who brewed illicit whisky here for years following prohibition around the turn of last century. In this part off NZ there are lots of Scottish influences to be seen including a statue of Robert Burns in Dunedin. As the video wasn’t working the lady let us in for free and we spent half an hour examining old stuff before the kids got a bit impatient.

On the way we stop for petrol and Simon chats to the fella who tells us we should consider staying overnight at Te Anau as there isn’t much at Milford Sound. We drive for a few hours through the lovely countryside. Its much more like England here with rolling green hills, loads and loads of sheep (And lots of deer) and thick mist and drizzly rain.

We arrive at Te Anau around lunchtime and check into the YHA hostel. These hostels are really good, very clean and friendly. We heard from some other travellers that they felt some of the hostels in New Zealand are very unwelcoming and that they felt bullied by the hostel staff into booking trips they didn’t want to do, but that hasn’t been our experience at all and all the kiwis we’ve met have been friendly. We go and get some lunch, Simon has a venison burger and we have soup before heading back to the hostel for an afternoon in front of the telly.

Its 9.45pm now, Simon and Ali have gone to watch some rugby at the pub, The All Blacks v South Africa. Come on New Zealand! Hopefully we will at last make it to Milford Sound tomorrow.