Waterfalls at the Sound

TeAnau to Milford Sound

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February 28th 2007
So this blog should really be all about the pictures, so i hope to be adding some later. But today we left TeAnau towards Fjordland National Park and Milford Sound. The drive took us straight through Lord Of the Rings country! We stopped several times for all the amazing picture opportunities and after we drove for about 2.5 hours on the one and only road that leads through mountains, glacier c ... 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