Hotpool

Miranda - Seabird Coast

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February 12th 2009
11th - 13th December 2008 Miranda Miranda is known as the 'seabird coast'. We stayed on a lovely site which had a very swanky hotpool/swimming pool of it's own. We walked along the coast to a birdhide to watch the seabirds close up - the numbers were huge, and we were lucky to see wrybill, which was a bird we hoped to see there. We made a special friend, Jemima the duck, ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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