Wharf at Manapouri

The large buidling in the middle right of picture is where the Real Journeys' Doubtful Sound boat leaves from. It then heads out onto and across Lake Manapouri (straight ahead in photo).

Snow Defeats Us!

October 20th 2007
Today we were supposed to be doing a "Big Day Out" tour to Milford Sound with a small company called "Trips n Tramps". We were out front at 8.00am in the cold and rain waiting to be picked up when a 4 wheel drive (not a silver minivan as expected) pulled up. We were then told by a rep from the company that the road to Milford was closed. *groan* It had been opened just one day since Monday but t ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Te Anau

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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