MT Day 1

Milford Track

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February 19th 2011
Milford Track - Tuesday 15th - Saturday 19th February Described by Rudyard Kipling as the greatest walk in the world. Obviously he didn't travel the whole world but on balance he wasn't far off the mark. The track is three days long and thirty three and a half miles long with a 1000 metre bump in the middle (the McKinnon Pass). There are one or two sand flies along the way and lots and lots ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Milford Sound

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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