The beautiful milford sound

Sounds lovely

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March 10th 2008
We'd been told to get going up to Milford Sound early to prevent being stuck behind all the tour coaches, so as soon as the sun was rising we looked out of the window to see beautiful blue sky and then promptly fell back asleep. At a more reasonable hour, still early, we headed on the 2hr scenic drive through the mountains, passing beautiful lakes and many many tourist coaches. On reaching the po ... 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