Landscape 1

On to Dunedin

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September 20th 2006
These photos are along the way from Mt. Cook to Cromwell. Cromwell was a nice little town on a lake where we stayed the first night. You can tell by the pictures that the terrain changed with almost every turn. We saw beautiful green hills, almost desert-like mountains and everything in between. It was impressive. The last picture of Rob in the rock shelter was taken closer to Dunedin on a ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Dunedin

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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