View from Campsite

Beautiful Bay of Islands

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June 8th 2007
Time to head over to the East Coast to the Bay of Islands, but first we stopped at the Wairere Boulders. This area is the only known place in the world where basalt boulders have fallen into the valley, and have been eroded by a process called fluting. It is believed that the erosion was caused by rain accumulation, by the acid as it dripped through the Kauri trees. As we left the site we met the ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Islands » Paihia

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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