Mirror Lakes

Our last few days

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May 13th 2008
Nicky: Hi all!! So this will be our last blog from NZ. We have a great time the last week exploring the bottom of the south island, although it has got so cold!! It is not nice to hear that England is bathed in sunshine - it is supposed to be us that is on holiday!! ha ha!!It got so cold last night that we wimped out and rather than staying on a remote campsite next to a beautiful lake, we drove i ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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