Face of the Glacier

Queenstown --------> Wanaka -----------> Fox Glacier

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September 5th 2011
Day 5 August 25: Morning broke and it was time to move on from the lovely village of Queenstown. We filled the trunk of Roaring Meg with our bags and loaded the six of us into the five passenger car (which of course meant troll got shotgun). We turned left and headed to our next destination Fox Glacier with a quick pit stop in Wanaka. After driving literally up and through a mountain which at ... 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