Almost got the Mirror Shot, Lake Matheson

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February 22nd 2010
Much of this week was spent waiting for good enough weather to be able to heli-hike on Franz Joseph glacier. Often the town was clear but the mountain was either covered in cloud or the winds were too strong. Unfortunately you had to keep going back to the booking office every couple of hours to be available for the next trip that might catch a weather-window and go. Only thing to do was to sit ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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