Lake Gunn

Te Anau and the beautiful Milford Sound

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March 9th 2010
We arrived at Te Anau on Friday around lunchtime not really knowing what to expect. We had driven through some hard rain and our fingers were crossed hoping we had left the rain behind. Our campsite was located just off Lake Te Anau and with the mountains - the start of the Fjordland mountains in the background it was like a perfect postcard setting. Lake Te Anau is a glacier formed lake and the s ... 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