Queenstown High Street

NZ - West Coast & Lewis Pass

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November 14th 2011
Friday 11th November Fairly early start, with the intention of driving to Wanaka or possibly further via Queenstown. It was a cloudy day and we retraced our drive back to Mossburn and then cut across to Five Rivers. Drove along the valley and then once past Kingston the road ran along the side of a lake. All very pretty with the gorse and may blossom and wild lupins just coming into flower and sn ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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