On the road to Glenorchy

Day 25 Saturday

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November 27th 2010
Day 25 Saturday On the trip yesterday we learnt about all the activities centered on Te Anau. It is the main tourist base for the area known as Fiordland, a world heritage area full of mountains, fiords, streams, waterfalls, native forest and sandflies. The road to Milford Sound is one of the very few roads into the vast area and is used by several thousand tourists each year to access Milford. ... 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