View at Ship Creek (with a 'p')

Wanaka (6 Dec 2010)

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February 6th 2011
Monday 6th December 2010 (Franz Joseph – Wanaka) Our coach pulls away and we’re subjected to the Good Mornin’ DVD again (although Richard had missed it yesterday morning with the extra night’s stay and had been annoying Joanne whistling it all day!). We arrived at Lake Matheson hoping for mirror views of Mount Cook, but as we made our way round to the vantage point the heavens open. Joan ... 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