Pit Stop for the Barbary

Whitewater Rafting!

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January 18th 2007
After our trip to Milford Sound on the 16th we headed back to Te Anau and had a quality Chinese takeaway - we were more than ready for some good food after our adventures. We headed back up to Queenstown on the 17th, stopping at a few incredible vista's en route. The Southern Alps form a formidable backdrop to the river valleys and plains on the South Island. I know we have said it before, b ... 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