Fox Glacier

I Got That Boom, Boom, Pow

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July 11th 2009
Day 82 (Saturday 11/07/09, NJJ) The weather was great all day. From Haast we drove 50km to Jackson's Bay as we read that this is one of Lonely Planet's Blue List top ten road trips - it was good but I wouldn't put it in any of my top lists and it definitely wasn't better than the Milford Road. The Bay was nice enough. We walked along the jetty, the beach and then took the advice of a local lady a ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Franz Josef

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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