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Cruises and Craziness

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January 16th 2009
We set out up the lake on the road to Milford, one of the world's top drives. This 120km road is the only way into and out of Milford Sound. Got going only to be quickly stopped by the local traffic, an entire herd of sheep crossing the road, well that's a new one! Carried on to the Mirror Lakes (where we got a perfect reflection of the surrounding mountains on the surface), across Knob's Flat (a ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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