Fox Glacier

Queenstown

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October 22nd 2010
We've been on the road for 2 weeks now and have reached the half way point of our holiday. It has really gone slow and we have had a great time. After the rain of Franz Josef the other day, we woke to blue skies for our Fox Glacier walk. Walking on the glacier was fantastic - so was the 800 odd stair climb getting there - what a work out. All our walking has paid off as we did it much easier ... 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