The Cook Strait crossing can be quite windy

Fortunately, it was calm on the day we crossed.


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New Zealand  Flag 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]
Blog: Windy Wellington
Date: March 10th 2006

Sorting the knee 05-09/03/06

The road to Wellington from National Park looks like a great riding route when the local plant life isn't horizontal and the weather isn't blowing "againsterlies" (we'd like to thank Wafflycat for that description). As it is we're sitting on the train admiring the views. On the morning of the 6th we head into Welly to shop for Sealskinz for Vern, they're w ... read more







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