Fore Ewe

In New Zealand, a good golf course isn't wasted. It's used for sheep grazing. They avoid the greens because the grass is too short to eat. This is just down the hill from our new friends, the Roycroft family.

Goat Island to Raglan

December 27th 2007
December 27, 2007 / Goat Island to Raglan We got up early and enjoyed a gourmet campground breakfast of toast and marmalade and soda pop. Megan was in heaven. We popped down the street to the bay at Goat Island. After much preparation, we were all ready in our shortie wetsuits, masks, snorkels, and fins. The water was quite cold and Karl and Megan chickened out quickly. Katy and I paddled ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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

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