Dolphins in action

Tubs' Birthday

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April 12th 2008
After visiting the Milford Sound we wanted to visit its larger neighbour the Doubtful Sound so we booked ourselves on an overnight cruise. We met our skipper and fellow travellers, all two of them and set off across lake Manapouri on a speed boat. This took us about 40 minutes before boarding a bus for another 40 minutes to cross Wilmott Pass before finally reaching the Sound where we climbed aboa ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Southland

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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