On our bus tour to Milford Sound we stopped for photos at Monkey Creek.
What’s in a name? | New Zealand Geographic:
Monkey Creek … commemorates a downpour that flooded a creek and washed away a surveyor’s dog, called Monkey. He fortunately made it back to camp the next day.
![A small creek runs from the foreground towards a misty valley between high mountains.](https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.uploads.micro.blog%2F2378%2F2024%2Fmonkey-creek-02.jpeg)
![View through a misty valley to snow-topped mountains beyond.](https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.uploads.micro.blog%2F2378%2F2024%2Fmonkey-creek-01.jpeg)
![Close-up of a bare mountain shrouded in mist.](https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.uploads.micro.blog%2F2378%2F2024%2Fmonkey-creek-03.jpeg)