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Milford Sound

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April 15th 2008
Day-23 ~Milford Sound Another really early start as we took a day trip to Milford Sound in the Fjiords on a small bus called the BBQ bus. There were plenty of stops along the way including the Mirror Lakes and Te Anau. We stopped for lunch at Cascade Creek where we went for a walk through a beach forest to Lake Gunn and back while our driver cooks us all a scrummy BBQ lunch by the creek, Howeve ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Milford Sound

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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