Mt Cook

A2O day 1

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November 12th 2019
A2O day 1 Mt Cook to Twizel Low cloud and rain forced the helicopter transfer across the Tasman river to be cancelled so we had to take a bus shuttle to the Spillway at the end of lake Pukaki to join the Alps 2 Ocean bike track. Lake Pukaki is a glacial scoured lake that has been enlarged by a dam and used to generate hydroelectric power for New Zealand. Wally, our shuttle driver, is a ... 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