Reflections

The cloud cover waiting game. At last, a picture postcard clear view of Aoraki / Mt. Cook (right) & Mt. Tasman (left) in lake Matheson.

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Fox Glacier & Lake Matheson

March 21st 2007
Fox Glacier unguided walks Whilst waiting for the weather to clear up for our Franz Josef glacier full day walk (Blog: Franz Josef), we drove up to Fox glacier and did a couple of the unguided walks. It was cold, grey and drizzly so our one and only fleeces I insisted we bring along specifically with the New Zealand leg of our tour in mind, were becoming permenant attachments. However, ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fox Glacier

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

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