Arrival Te Anau The drive to Te Anau ended with a relaxed O/N stay in an $80 motel and time to explore a little of the once bursting tourist community. 

Day 1 
Late morning met the group, parked the car and met the new group. Then with a packed lunch entered the bus for the now quiet road to Milford - without compulsory scenic stops☺.  Zodiac to the "Explorer" anchored out from Fisherman's cove and left quite quickly to avoid deteriorating weather forecast.  The itinerary changed ☺from the first night in Milford, skipping Bligh Fiord and stayed the first night in the sheltered George Sound (Fiord) for more time to avoid a predicted rough sea.

Day 2   George Sound

AM  Great chance to meet up and genoy a 2 km walk beyond the head of the fiord .  It seemed they are only poorly marked "routes" between the fiords and Lake Te Anau. Now off the bucket list.

AM everyone walked to the "bridge"and back for lunch.  PM 70% of the group returned to push further to a little lake 2 hours further on.  Rough steep and hard to follow but with a couple of experienced trackers in the team got everyone proudly there and back by around 5pm with darkening skies - very tired. 

YEAH!!  - Success!!

Sore and tired  -  Nice

And - even nicer