Pancake rocks 1

Psycho

---

April 18th 2007
After leaving the glacier I wanted to travel up to the Abel Tasmin national park which is on the north coast. As previously mentioned there are very few petrol stations on the west coast and I didn't think to fill up in Franz Joseph. Consequently at about 5pm I reached the Pancake Rocks area (can't remember the village name) and reallised I was running very low on petrol. I stopped at the visitor ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » West Coast

---

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