Tree roots

3rd February 2008

---

February 3rd 2008
3rd February 2008 Today we were booked on the Real Journeys boat Friendship to sail up Milton Sound at 10.00 am. Unfortunately the weather was a bit overcast as we set out from Te Anau at 8.30. The journey only took 1 and half hours as there were not many coaches about that early. We got to Milton in time for coffee and some pictures before we boarded the boat. The Sound looked brooding and impre ... 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