Farewell to the South
December 19th 2009 Leaving Lake Tekapo, we journeyed up through Mackenzie country which is a large area of flat scrub land surrounded by mountains. It was named after James Mackenzie who first discovered the area and decided it was a great place to raise sheep. A lot of other things are named after this chap, roads, dams, towns and the pass through which he entered the area. All this isn’t that unusual until you h
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