One of the many waterfalls

Milford Sound - stunning!!

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March 26th 2008
So we made it up the Milford Road in the horrible weather to Milford Sound. We thought the weather was awful. Constant wind and rain, but as it turned out, it was perfect weather for visiting the sound. Calling it a sound though is not strictly correct, as it is actually a fiord (a 'fiord' is glacier gouged rather than water erosion from mountain rivers like 'sounds') . However when it was first d ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more