Dan hunting for lunch!

Franz Josef Glacier - Clare's "iceberg"

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January 21st 2007
On the 20th we drove from Haast up to Fox Glacier. Fox was the 3rd opportunity for us to see Mount Cook, the highest point in New Zealand. Now bearing in mind that this is a 3700 metre Mountain, we have now been to it's base and 2 other viewing points and I can honestly say we haven't seen it yet. We haven't been drinking, and our sunglasses aren't too dark - it's just the South Island has spen ... read more

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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