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The Milford Sound Trip

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November 9th 2006
Another beautiful day with beautiful weather. Morning drive to Milford Sound (really a fiord) was long but everything was "frosted" with snow and mountail vistas were beautiful. Then we "sailed" on the Milford Mariner the length of the fiord to the Tasman Sea and back again. The air was cool and crisp and the scenery was breathtaking. Back on the coach we returned to Te Anau. I slept most of the w ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more