On the balcony

Australia to Auckland

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October 19th 2008
Hello again We said goodbye to Australia yesterday and arrived here in Auckland after good flights from Whitsunday Islands via Brisbane We left in temperature of 30' and arrived in Auckland just after midnight - 3 hrs time difference forward - with only 9' outside Might not see much use for the shorts and t shirts for the next few days! We had a fantastic time in the Whitsunday Islands On wed ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland » Central

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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