View from the road to Lake Matherson!!

Our Time At Fox Glacier.....The Home Of The Glacier Mint!!!

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March 8th 2009
6th March 2009 - A DAY INDOORS!!! Woke up to the sound of rain hammering it down...I thought I was back home for a second until I realised that I was sharing my room with strangers and there were no home comforts. Can't quite get used to that! Our shuttle bus to take us to Fox Glacier (30 minutes away) was picking us up at 10am and so we spent the morning just lazing about, getting ready and havi ... 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