Glentanner Park - Aoraki

.....At the top end of Lake Pukaki we stopped at Glentanner Park, a working sheep station, a restaurant, souvenir shop. An airfield provided scenic helicopter flights over Mt Cook.

Day 4 - Lake Tekapo to Wanaka

August 26th 2008
With heater running all night, we awoke next morning to a warm comfortable motorhome. That was until I opened the door and stepped outside onto a layer of lovely white fresh snow, and the temperature touching around minus three degrees. Even though it was so cold, the sun was shining bright causing the snow to melt very quickly. With such a beautiful morning, we were anxious to get on the road ea ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Central Otago » Wanaka

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

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