A Warm Drink

Abel Tasman & Barrytown

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November 10th 2008
Picked up by our Stray Bus in Nelson - the drivers name is Baggins. We arrived at our hostel in Marahau, Old Macdonalds Farm. Its a working farm and we get a nice little room with cockerals, ducks and a peacock ! Tonight was a Stray BBQ for NZ$7 - dead cheap. We got a log fire going in a brazier to keep us warm and spent all night drinking and looking at the flames 😊 We chose to view A ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Abel Tasman National Park » Marahau

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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