Breaking the Eggs

When the surf finally breaks the boulders their inner structure presents intself. Several layers of differently colored stone with a characteristic crack pattern around a hollow core.

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Moeraki Boulders

March 15th 2006
It was my special wish to go and see Mouraki Boulders. It was about the only place in New Zealand I knew about before I came here. I had seen a picture in a calendar showing "Dream Horizons". And I wanted to take pictures myself. Unfortunately the Weather was not to good, but we still enjoyed this accumulation of huge stone marbles. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Otago » Moeraki

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

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