The silica sand was so soft - just like the kind you find in an egg timer

New Zealand

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October 8th 2008
By 10am we were on our way, pleased to get our of the dodgy campsite. We drove up the peninsula to the place where there was supposed to be amazing ice cream. It turned out to be a small shop selling a brand name ice cream so it wasn’t anything special, but we had one anyway. We tried the NZ favourite - hokey pokey - which was vanilla ice cream with honeycomb pieces. It was delicious. Next ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Ninety Mile Beach

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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