View of Queenstown from top of Gondola

Scenery and Sound

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August 18th 2006
Well the scenery just keeps getting better, with each journey requiring ever expanding superlatives which in the end cannot do it justice. I've picked some of the best photos of the hundreds taken of snow capped mountains and glacial lakes, but even they fail to give a true impression of the enormity of the landscape between Franz Joseph, Queenstown and Milford Sound. We took the coach from Fr ... 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