the end of the lake

Glenorchy

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March 23rd 2008
Happy Easter, and I hope you didn't get sick of chocolate today! I had read that the road to Glenorchy from Queenstown is one of the most beautiful in New Zealand - and someone was right. The road follows the side of the lake further up into the hills - mountains? - in fact if you look at the map !!!! you'll see that you could spit across the mountain from where we were a few days ago, on the way ... read more

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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