Wakatipu

New Zealand / Australia Trip

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February 26th 2012
2/25/2012 Note,,, this entry comes with a grammer disclaimer. Trampers 4 up bright and early making their way to I-Site.<span> Robyn has the beautiful Routeburn Track (linking Mt. Apiring Nat. Park with Fiordland Nat. Park) blazed in her brain as a must do.<span> We get the map and set out from QT to Glenorchy, 50km.<span> northwest of QT.<span> After passing thru Gle ... 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