Drivers view Milford Sound to Hommer Tunnel, New Zealand

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  • @petermcmurray2807
    @petermcmurray2807 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Fond Memories. I was new out from driving coaches in Jersey in 1966. Back then i thought the place was crazy when the bus with 3 passenger, me and two young girls, took off from Te Anau into the jungle on a dirt track. Turned out the three of us were headed to work at the hotel at the end of the known world. A few months later after some great times with the Maori cray fishermen out on the ocean eating better than the queen I realised where heaven is. Finished up driving the coaches for Mt Cook and Southern Lakes in and out of Milford, up and down snow covered tracks to Coronet Peak and up the Ball Glacier. Plus mini buses into Skippers Canyon on tracks that really did scare car drivers. Up to the restaurant in Queenstown at night on ice before the gondola lift was finished. Wild and Happy days - things look far too cushy now with bitumen and I bet they have bridged the creeks that we used to drive through on the new West Coast road. I do remember Eric realising it was a bit deep when the water went above his windscreen wipers then he remembered the side lockers where the luggage was, OOPS!

    • @phouviengaphaiyalath3968
      @phouviengaphaiyalath3968 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      ໄດ ແ​ลม

    • @rrocketman
      @rrocketman ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Great experience bro

    • @modularcarpet
      @modularcarpet ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Opps indeed! Did the passengers complain about the wet luggage?

    • @petermcmurray2807
      @petermcmurray2807 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@modularcarpet I believe not. They were very grateful to be rescued a couple of days later - rivers can rise and fall metres in an hour. Eric, meanwhile, had done the right things collect the chocolate for the diabetics and other health checks. Competent care from the person in charge is a great relief to all.

  • @rrocketman
    @rrocketman ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The majority of the drive between Te Anau and Milford Sound is epic 😎

  • @NSRYDER
    @NSRYDER ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow recalled my 2013 trip to NZ ❤

  • @simn4694
    @simn4694 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    nice... sgt mengimbau kembali my NZ trip 2009 & 2013. pkl 6am tunggu depan tunnel utk ke Milford Sound

  • @hudsonquay
    @hudsonquay ปีที่แล้ว

    Cooked my motorhome brakes descending the road out of the tunnel. I had to stop and pour water on them to cool them down. The Kea certainly took a keen interest. Awe inspiring drive.

    • @rrocketman
      @rrocketman ปีที่แล้ว

      The kea probably stole something from you😁

  • @AllBlacksRWC2011
    @AllBlacksRWC2011 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Homer Tunnel length - 1.2 km.
    Your time taken to travel - 1:35.
    Average speed - 46 km/h.
    Speed limit - 30 km/h.
    BUSTED, DUDE!!! :D

    • @irwandynd
      @irwandynd  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      hahaha, summon ticket please. Thanks for your research, it was my friend who drove. :D

  • @ianw3294
    @ianw3294 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    lovely scenery. Tell your friend he drives a bit quick!

  • @aliaksandran6300
    @aliaksandran6300 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Perfect roads throughout the entire video!

  • @Mexxx65
    @Mexxx65 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @4:23 ........Some local Fauna If I am not mistaken!

  • @debarghyaguhathakurta1648
    @debarghyaguhathakurta1648 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lots of love from India

  • @stevewarfel5788
    @stevewarfel5788 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stunning!

  • @rodsmith8846
    @rodsmith8846 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey was it a race! Miss some great views.

  • @christopherrodmell1694
    @christopherrodmell1694 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Me and my family went to Milford Sound, Homer Tunnel was very interesting I had never been on a road through a mountain, Homer Tunnel is quite old though it was completed in the 1950’s, created pretty much with shovels and explosives

  • @tattihi2637
    @tattihi2637 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    We just went through that tunnel

  • @tirdadgharachorloo4812
    @tirdadgharachorloo4812 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Looks like a beautiful drive, I thought i saw Gandalf going by!!

  • @desertfish1460
    @desertfish1460 ปีที่แล้ว

    I can feel my ears popping watching this, going higher and higher in elevation.

  • @jefmeit2330
    @jefmeit2330 ปีที่แล้ว

    👍👍👍 best lah kat sana

  • @FloydianJourney
    @FloydianJourney 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    কি খাড়া রাস্তা! দারুণ।

  • @TheButlerNZ
    @TheButlerNZ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I went to look at this via Google earth but apparently the google is broken from 0:30
    Milford Sounds is one of the few driveable areas in the country I have not been to... yet

    • @beagle7622
      @beagle7622 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The thing that scares me most is the Cruise Ships . You can get any ship into Milford Sound. A couple of thousand people walking all over the grass will wreck the place. I agree with you about the roads . Haas Pass ( I think it was called ) was scary in a Bus. I would love to walk the “Milford Track”. Norway is comparable, ( haven’t been North of Bergen) but I think NZ is just more dramatic.

    • @TheButlerNZ
      @TheButlerNZ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@beagle7622 I always have trouble with visions of damage done by X people...
      I have been on trail rides with 1000+ bikes travelling up to 100kph on the exact same 500mm wide tracks... and after 2-3 laps... the tracks in most places are not much different than when we started (Thats equivalent to 3000 trailbikes riding on a dirt footpath...
      The rubbish dropped is the biggest issue.
      I loved the idea of a raised rail into the area.. Cars can stop, people get out & take/leave things... a light rail means your stuck in it for the duration, looking but not touching... and if it is raised (like an under car monorail etc) it has very little effect on the land... and people on the Cruise ships can take a 2 way trip for lunch while making it a viable breadwinner..
      Of course in my head that's all good... but I'm betting the terrain doesn't lend itself to a train... of course you could always share the tunnel... a lower monorail could use the center like a dividing rail in the tunnel..

    • @beagle7622
      @beagle7622 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheButlerNZ The was something about the grasslands down there. Raised walks are a good solution but a couple of thousand people off the 6000 ton monsters can do a lot of damage.

  • @Syafmark
    @Syafmark 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    May i know what time of the year was this recorded?:)

    • @irwandynd
      @irwandynd  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Md Syafie Makmor it was 18 oct 2015

  • @dunruden9720
    @dunruden9720 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You certainly didn't copy the spelling of Homer from the road signs...or a map...or the Simpsons!

  • @lincolnrussnz
    @lincolnrussnz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I didn't know this existed. I'll go for a drive through it at some stage

    • @suehowie152
      @suehowie152 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is a truly beautiful part of NZ..

    • @rodmcintosh3149
      @rodmcintosh3149 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You have to drive through the tunnel to get to Milford Sound

  • @JeffriRahman
    @JeffriRahman 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    laju jugak hang bawak keta sebelum masuk tunnel..hehe..jalan dalam tunnel ni gelap sungguh no? one way aja kan? nice.. ;)

  • @ianstewartaviation2634
    @ianstewartaviation2634 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    😍

  • @fsdtvofficial7190
    @fsdtvofficial7190 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rindunya bang south island

  • @kevintheomanharris
    @kevintheomanharris ปีที่แล้ว

    4:31 burrito burrito

  • @ariizzudin7797
    @ariizzudin7797 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aku ingin sekali bekerja di sana

  • @joselazarofernandes2217
    @joselazarofernandes2217 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I did it in the opposite direction.

  • @indragunawa6280
    @indragunawa6280 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kalo hujan ternyata tdk bisa jalan orang

  • @aliaksandran6300
    @aliaksandran6300 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    like