I wish I were a glow worm

I wish I were a glow worm
A glow worm’s never glum
cause how can you ever be grumpy
when the sun shines out your bum - Te Anau Glowworm Caves

I left off by mentioning that Heather, Emily and I were going to visit the Botanic Gardens two days ago in Dunedin, before heading off to Te Anau. Once we got our things packed up, we headed out to catch a bus up to the Gardens. The site was beautiful, and full of fresh flowering smells. The city of Dunedin is very hilly, so we got a good work out wandering the gardens, lugging around all of our things.

Dunedin Botanic Gardens

Heather relaxing with all of her baggage

After enjoying the scenery, we grabbed lunch from the New World supermarket, consisting of bread, chicken and fruit and made our way in the direction of Baldwin St., the “World’s Steepest Street.” The streets steepest grade is 1 in 2.86. We opted to climb it with our eyes, but we did watch a few members of a tour group which was stopped there, bike down it. One guy couldn’t even stop before going through the street at the bottom, lucky for him no cars were going by.

Emily & Heather at Baldwin St.

After our morning adventures, we caught the bus to Te Anau, where we arrived to at about 7pm. The drive didn’t feel too long though, as it was a time to relax and take in the mountainous view. We got to our hostel, which was located along the lake with a great view of the mountains behind. After quickly checking in and seeing our room, we headed onto a boat to take us to the Te Anau Glowworm Caves. We already felt we got our moneys worth just from the 30 minute boat ride over to the location of the caves. The tour was pretty neat, but unfortunately no pictures were allowed, as everything needed to be completely dark. The best way I can describe it though, is it’s as if you are laying back watching the stars, the only difference being that you could reach up and actually touch them if you wanted to.

Yesterday, we spent most of the day hiking around Lake Te Anau, where I will leave you with a couple pictures. The landscape here is breathtaking, and today we are heading to Milford Sound, with our grocery supplies in tow, and a cruise booked for tomorrow.

Me, in front of Lake Te Anau

Heather & Emily, posing for a picture on our hike