Bark Bay 1

Going south ...

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December 7th 2010
Heading South … Day 7 - Rotorua to Napier This morning it was Diana’s turn for a run around Blue Lake whilst P and the children got down to some homework and some hot chocolate. Rotorua to Napier took us about three hours in the Spaceship, not including a brief stop at Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland. Very smelly wafts, fantastic coloured deposits around the rim of very hot pools and bubbly, plo ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Motueka

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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