Monkey Boy

GPS Rules!

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October 12th 2007
Tested out the GPS again for our drive to the Coromandel, not that it's much of a challenge for it - one road most of the way, but still, have to play with the new toy... Set off from the campsite at Orere at about noon and drove to Thames, the main town for the Coromandel Peninsular, a former gold-mining town named by Captain Cook after a nearby river. Went into 'Dick Smith's', the NZ equiva ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Hahei

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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