Mount Cook Trip

Lovely Lake Tekapo

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January 9th 2006
I ventured on alone to Mount Cook and Lake Tekapo - the drive from Queenstown was awesome, with some scary bends but stunning scenery changing from lush and green to yellow dry with bright blue lakes. I did a beautiful walk up to a glacial lake in the White Horse area of Mount Cook, the sun shone the whole way (a first for one of my walks) and I got to see glaciers, ice bergs in the lake and all t ... 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