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New Zealand - South Island - Milford Sound

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March 11th 2015
Hi folks, well it just gets better and better, we got up at 6.00 am this morning and caught a coach to Milford Sound, it was about a 6 hour drive away from Queenstown with stops. We stopped at a town called Te Anau to pick up more travellers and went through amazing scenery on the way along the Milford Road into Fiordland National Park. We got off and took some photos at Eglinton Valley where a sc ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Milford Sound

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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