Heading toward Mt. Cook

Gliding

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March 20th 2009
Wednesday March 18, 2009 "Up in the air junior birdmen..." old camp song Bright and early at the crack of nine I roll out of bed and walk over to the Southern Gliding office. There is actually a little camper park adjacent to the airstrip with clean well-kept facilities. They do it on an honor system so I just filled in the envelope, enclosed the money and dropped it in a box. I talk to Chris ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Mount Cook National Park

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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