Pilots Disembark

8th Wonder

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January 13th 2015
Geo: -44.6684, 167.92Technically today was a sea day, one of three on the way from Dunedin, NZ to Hobart, Tasmania, AU - our next port. However, after travelling around the southern tip of NZ and back up the western coast of the south island, we entered Milford Sound, which is actually a fiord, but a spectacular one!!The drive from Dunedin is over 400 km and takes over 5 hours, past Inverca ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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