Kendra near the end of the first day

Queen Charlotte Track We Did 50km of Feet Numbing Fun!

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February 24th 2007
We drove back to Picton on the 24th and spent a couple days getting organized for the Queen Charlotte Track. The QCT is 71km long and takes most people 4 days do complete. This was our plan to walk the track in 4 days and camp along the way. It was a nice plan, but sometimes plans just don't work they way you think they will!! DAY 1 To get to the start of the track we were boated out to Ship Cov ... 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