The Mirror Lakes

Milford Sound

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March 31st 2007
And then there were three! Chris's first full day in NZ and we made him get up at 5.30am...don't feel too sorry for him, he did go to bed at 8,00pm last night! Luckily casanova didn't come back last night so we all slept well! A long old coach journey again this morning. It felt really weird though as it's the first one where we haven't had to take our big backpacks with us so I felt like I'd ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Milford Sound

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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