Lake Wanaka

Wanaka and Queenstown

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March 6th 2009
Better weather now! Beach walk after breakfast then off up the Haast Pass to Wanaka - stopped to see Roaring Billy waterfall on the way. Explored Wanaka and went for walk to Waterfall Creek in afternnoon sunshine. All looking very beautiful. Round lake to Glendhu Bay where campsite was in super position at edge of lake with views to Mt Aspiring in the distance. Next day drove a littl ... 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