Our overnight stop by the lake....

Roadtrip To Queenstown and the Routeburn Trek and Milford Sound.

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February 16th 2008
After an amazing day at the glaciers ....picking up two friends and getting bitten to death by sand flies at our over night stop off we head south to Queenstown stopping at a few walks and falls and generally taking it easy until we reach queenstown ...tired and hungry!!! After a good shopping trip for cheese crackers and wine we find the classiest camping ground in queenstown and set ourselves up ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Routeburn Track

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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