Mt Cook from the bedroom balcony

Dams - Beach Encounters - Luxury

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March 20th 2014
Monday 17th March - on the road in glorious sunshine as we make our way to Oamura. We stopped for coffee at Tarras which is a small community famously known as being the home of Shrek the Merino Hermit Sheep (Molly & Ellie will know all about Shrek). Our journey took us across the Lindis Pass which is one of our favourite roads - my description is 'plumped up duvets' which gives you an ide ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Mount Cook National Park

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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