Mirror Lake

The Glacier Hike and Milford Sounds

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December 10th 2009
Once we finally arrived at Franz Josef after quite a long journey with a stop en route to visit the pancake rocks (originally named; as they are rocks that look like rather unedible pancakes) we booked our full day glacier hikes. So we settled down for the night and watched a disney film 'Meet the Robinsons' (i think the Walt corporation must have been on severe hallucinogenics whilst making, but ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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