Family at Fox Glacier

January 26th 2011
Happy Australia Day to us! If we were at home, we’d be drinking champas and downing bacon & eggs at our local community Centre. Instead we’re in still bed listening to a variety of choppers flying to the glacier. Brendan says this is like being amist the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War . I did consider going for a helicopter tour on my own, but every year I hear on the news how at least o ... 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

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I'm a regular mum of two precocious boys and am also a photographer/ writer. My travel these days is hit and miss due to my domestic responsibilities and my travel ethos has also changed over the years involving an increased level of creature comforts (i.e. taking the single supplement rather than the multiple one with resident rats). My travel odyessies began before dinosaurs roamed the earth, a time where email, internet and mobile phone use were only in the domain of the rich and famous and certainly not for those whom cohabitate with rats. It may seem incredulous to Gen Y'ers but somehow I... full info

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