Sunday, May 29, 2011

Doubtful Sound

This was down in the power plant. They built a power plant to get energy for an aluminium smelter. The water goes from the lake, down a tunnel, through generators and then shoots into the sound which is lower than the lake. The tunnel to get to it is 2 kilometers long and it is big enough for two busses to fit in.





We went on the doubtful sound tour. It is the biggest of the fiords on the southern tip of the south island. It was one of the highlights of our trip.