On the climb up from Mintaro hut to the pass

with Eric, Rich and the back of Charleen. We climbed up here at the end of day 2 as the weather was supposedly going to be cloudy the next day, so we wanted to have a look at the view from on high. This was after a 10 mile hike with a 17kg pack!

Te Anau and the Milford Track

March 3rd 2007
Ian...(long one!) We left Riverton and the 90%!o(MISSING)f the tapas meal that we hadn’t managed to eat behind us and set off for Te Anau via the Southern Scenic Route. The view from the van just kept getting more and more impressive the closer we got to our destination. We arrived at our first 5 star campsite and, to be honest, I would have been happy to have eaten my dinner in the toilet bl ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fiordland National Park » Te Anau

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

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