Classic Milford

Milford Trek

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May 8th 2008
We had a fantastic trip walking the Milford Track with Duncan's sister and her husband last week :-) The walk is made more exciting by the fact that you have to get a boat in and out of the route, so it feels like an adventure right from the start. Waiting until the "tourist" season finished, there were only about 12 people on the whole path, so we only really saw anyone else in the huts on th ... 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