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    Te Anau

    ByGreta 4 January 20233 December 2025

    After breakfast in Queenstown we boarded the coach and drove the short distance to Arrowtown which is located on the Arrow River. It’s a small place that owes its existence to gold mining. Alluvial gold was found in 1862 and the miners flocked here – including the Chinese. As in Australia, the Chinese were not…

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    Milford Sound – one more off the bucket list

    ByGreta 28 May 201927 October 2025

    The South-West corner of New Zealand’s South Island is known as Fiordland. There’s a good reason for that – these mountains and valleys were carved through glacial action, just as they were in Norway and other places. Strictly speaking, Milford Sound was created by glaciation – but it fits the definition of a sound. “A…

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    A detour to Arrowtown and then Te Anau

    ByGreta 27 May 201927 October 2025

    It was just as well we enjoyed the sunny day at Queenstown. The clouds were already gathering as we drove away. Today would be a short drive to the village of Te Anau on the shores of the lake of the same name. But on the way we took a short detour to the restored…

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