Flight to Millford Sound.

Queenstown

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March 5th 2013
We have been very good about keeping to our schedule and today was no different. At precisely 8:30 we were on the road headed up north to Queenstown. I had been waiting for this day. Deb had made reservations for 2 nights at the Rees Hotel along with reservations for a flight to Milford Sound weather permitting. When we woke this morning it was very cloudy and rainy but we chose to trust the forec ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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