New Zealand Road Trip Day 8 - To Milford Sound : Bluff, Invercargill, Southern Scenic Route, Cascade Creek Camp Site

Wake up in the early morning 7am, the surrounding is so foggy that cannot see more than 20 meters away. Hence, we can’t see any sunrise and beautiful scenery. Then we just prepare and having breakfast. After breakfast, we sit at the bay and wait for the fog to be disappear. We were just try to see the hector dolphin. After wait till 9:30am, it is still foggy and hence we decided to leave and departed to Invercargil.

Breakfast, Bread with Jam and Omelette 

On the beach, it was so cold!

So Foggy!

When we reached invercagil, we added the petrol first because it is almost empty. Then we straight drive to the stirling point at Bluff. We just take photo with the signboard. Then we try to catch the oyster at a place where there is a signboard related to the seashell catching rule. After half hour of trying, we catch nothing and leave.

Stirling Point

At 12pm, we backed to the Invercargill. We bought some grocery at the vege shop and Pak n Save. Then we have lunch at the burger king.

A local vege shop in Invercargill

So cheap!

Invercargill Town

In the Burger King

Lunch

At 2pm, Then we departed to Milford Sound via the Southern Scenic Route. The scenery is really beautiful and we stopped at several places for photo taking.

McCracken's View

McCracker's Rest with the signboard

Clifden Suspension Bridge

Stop at nowhere as this view is so nice!

The Mararoa Weir lookout point is nice with the sunpath from the cloud

We reach Te Anau around 5pm and then drive straight to Milford Sound direction. We also stopped at several places to take the photos suck as Eglinton Valley Viewpoint and Mirror Lakes.

Alpacas at the Te Anau town before heading to Milford Sound Road

Eglinton Valley Viewpoint

Mirror Lake

We stay at Cascade Creek campsite which cost $13 per person. This campsite is very huge. There are  hut for table and cooking but no kitchen area. The toilet is the very basic with no water. There are two water storage tank near the hut for washing utensils. There are a lot of campers staying here as this is the nearest campsite to the Milford Sound.

After having dinner, we prepared for tomorrow trip.

Pay for camp site fee

Cascade Creek Camp Site View

Cooking Dinner

Fried oyster bought from the supermarket