After a wonderful start to the New Year in Dunedin, we headed to Te Anau for 2 nights. The weather prediction was not very encouraging, so I made sure to purchase extra waterproofing for our rain gear as we are overnight on Milford Sound from here. 
But fortune shone on us and despite one night of heavy rain (which you will hear later on was a very good thing), the daytime brought pleasant hiking temperatures and mostly clear skies with spots of 
clouds. 
We headed to Manapouri for a hike on Jan 2. Kyle had unfortunately taken a travel sickness pill and was a bit drowsy on the hike - especially the first 2 hours which were basically straight up! 
But he survived and as you can see, the view from the top was spectacular.
The cliff overhang seen at right is where most of the look out photos were taken from. It is a view over the Fiordlands of the South Island, with just a peak at Lake Manapouri (bottom left look out shot).
All along the scenery was magnificent. The forest was very green - full of moss and ferns. 
Rocks were invisible as they were covered in moss. The trees were covered with hanging moss in some of the damper areas. Only our path was bare in places.
Back in Te Anau the view out over Lake Te Anau was also impressive as seen in the 'mega panoramic' below.
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