The town of Bluff

January 15th

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January 18th 2009
Today we left Dunedin and took the southern scenic route to Invercargill. It was a nice drive until 60km outside of Invercargill and then it was straight flat roads and I could have slept until we got into town. There isn’t much to do in Invercargill so we went to Bluff which is the southern most point on the south Island so that I could say I have been to the top and bottom of Both islands. Th ... read more

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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