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Milford Sound (third day in Queenstown)

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August 9th 2010
Today we went to Milford Sound. Milford Sound has been globally recognised as one of the wonders of the natural world for its outstanding beauty. The coach journey there is 5 hours long but the bus driver gave us running commentary on absolutely everything. When we arrived we got on a boat and sailed around the 'fiord' (sorry, but I don't know what a fiord is, but I think it is something like a la ... 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