Keep sunshine inside of you and you won't ever have to worry about the weather...

...so says a guide in Fjordland NP, which ges 8 meters (!) of rain a year. That's like...lots of inches. 24 feet x 12. So, sunshine on the inside. Very good advice on all levels. Especially when you're hiking in NZ. I got to do a little bit of warming myself up on the inside the past few days, the several times it rained.
So I just got back from three days of hiking the Queen Charlotte Track, a 71km trail that follows the length of Queen Charlotte Sound. I had some beautiful sunny weather and some rain and lots of mud. Here are some things I saw.


Ship Cove, the beginning of my hike on the Queen Charlotte Track.
Captain James Cook and his crew spent 101 days in this little cove total during their 10 year exploration of the Pacific.

A temperamental morning in the Marlborough Sounds.

"De Brett's on de hill"


-awesome backpackers I stayed at on Portage Bay, Kenepuru Sound (to the west of Queen Charlotte Sound).





The mood of the Sounds changes rapidly, from clear and sunny to dark and howling...

Close to a full moon over Endeavour Inlet

Gorgeous rainbow over Resolution Bay...what a spectacular sight to see coming up to a saddle!