A view from the Hooker Valley Hut

Hooker Valley Walk, Aoraki / Mt. Cook National Park.

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March 29th 2007
Omarau Backpackers It took us the best part of a day to get from Dunedin (blog: Otago Peninsula) to Twizel, which is 50km from Mount Cook. We stayed at Omarau Backpackers. Again we had a fantastic open fire burning, which Jason kept adding log after log, until it was roaring so much we were roasting. We ended up having the place to ourselves on the first night, well almost, we had a mouse ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Mount Cook National Park

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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