Day 11 - Kinloch to Queenstown and Glenorchy Lagoon Walk 12. M in Queenstown outside the Atlas Bar

Day 11 - Kinloch to Queenstown and Glenorchy Lagoon Walk

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November 29th 2013
Friday 29th November, 2013. Glenorchy Lagoon Walk, Otago, South Island, New Zealand. We woke up at Kinloch Lodge and had breakfast. D had been for a walk while M slept and a local had advised that the weather was going to turn and it was going to rain later. We had intended to go hiking up the Routeburn track which is one of the top 10 walks in the world. However, it was 4 hours return to th ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Glenorchy

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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