Getting ready to board the ferry to start the trail.

Milford Track

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March 10th 2009
Feb 24- Mar 1 - Milford Trek What an adventure! And I better finish the blog before it never gets done. We have more adventures to report! Day 1 - Left Timaru and drove to Te Anau. We tried unsuccessfully to locate Bob and Tina Powell in Queenstown on our way through and are pretty sure we passed their bus coming from the Milford Sound enroute to Queenstown. We got to our Top Ten Holiday ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Te Anau

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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