Bridge from Sydney Tower

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August 23rd 2006
sooooo, where did we get up to? I think when we left the last blog we were just getting on an 18 hour coach journey from Toowoomba to Sydney which suprisingly was fairly uneventful, few hours of sleep here and there, generally uncomfortable seating and a highly nutricious 'Hungry Jacks' (Burger King) breakfast. We arrived in Sydney bleary eyed and dazed, and as I'm writing this I'm having trouble ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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