The first view of Milford Sound

Carving our own path to a familiar Sound

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February 14th 2011
New Zealand is a place where you are never very far from a scenic wonderland. A right turn here, a wrong turn there, will inevitably lead you to something interesting. It was with this relaxed approach that we tooted north from Invercargail to Te Anau, at the start of Fiordland National Park and home to the renknowned Milford Sound. When renting our 'Jucy' car, the deal had been ripened by a 't ... 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