Nice view

Lazy day

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April 21st 2007
Left Abel Tasmen and headed back to Picton (where we got off the ferry on the way over). I got here at lunchtime but wasn't feeling great so booked into a motel and spent this afternoon reading in the sun by the sea. The foreshore at Picton has been turned into a sort of park with trees, grass and lots of benches so it's a nice place to do not much. Also, there is a good cafe 2 mins away :-) G ... 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