Lake Wakatipu

Magical Paradise

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May 21st 2006
Passing along the Crown Range Road, through the Cardrona Valley I detoured slightly to the small settlement of Arrowtown to soak up some of the local history at the Lakes District Museum, and later continued on to Queenstown. Surrounded by majestic mountains on the shores of Lake Wakatipu, Queenstown is no doubt New Zealand's most popular and commercialised year-round resort. The town (populatio ... 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