Sunset in the Southern Alps

February 16th 2008
When we started this trip we said "we'd try a bit of everything". So when we got the opportunity to prospect for gold at a real mine in Kawaru Gorge - We just had to give it a go! Only cost a couple of dollars and we did manage to find a few flecks! (But don't get excited kids, it's not worth a lot.) The whole place is set up to how it originally was, back when it was a ... 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

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Ron & Avril

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"SPENDING THE KIDS INHERITANCE" Well thats what the kids accuse us of - so, (Skid & Skim) ski/daddy and ski/mummy are doing just that..... 2 Brits off around the world on August 19th 2007 and don't they just hate us for it!!!! No! - They think it's great that a couple of oldies have got the guts to go backpacking for 12 months. We are no strangers to travelling and have already experienced white water rafting in Colorado, "Skim" has also been brave enough to do a bungee jump. OK we are in our 50s, but it doesn't mean we are going to sit back and wait to die. Life is for l... full info

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