Bushy Beach

Visit to Penguin Country

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March 22nd 2008
So we are finding now that we are a little behind with the blog, due to lack of internet over the last week or so! So we will be doing an express version, to try and catch up a bit! We'll upload the photos, but probably won't be much written to speed things up. Photos speak louder than words anyways, so enjoy! After Mt Cook/Twizel we headed to Oamaru on the way to Dunedin for one night. This is ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Oamaru

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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