arthurs pass

pleasure and pain !!

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September 28th 2010
Hello, slight break in the blog and alots been happening...... so the journey continues onto Franz Josef glacier. There was some poetic licence in the description of the 'rain forest canopy' !! but the tree hut was very nice and comfortable and the private spa was relaxing away from everyone else. The glacier was a full on days hiking - sunny in the morning turning to hailstones. Quite a ... 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