Glacier base

Glacier Walking

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June 26th 2007
We moved on from Kaikoura and stopped at Christchurch to pick up our plane tickets home, then travelled over to the west coast of the island. We stayed in Franz Josef and did a half day walk of the Franz Josef glacier. It had snowed heavily the day before so everything was white! I was wearing so many clothes to keep warm, i had my pyjama bottoms under my thin trousers, and then water proof trous ... 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