Sandfly Bay

Our last full day in NZ

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December 26th 2010
Day 29 Boxing Day was also in sunshine and clear blue skies. Breakfast on the veranda was so cool we did it again! Then away along the coast onto the Otago Peninsular. We quickly passed St Clair’s beach where there were many surfers out at sea. Saw the bell to be rung if sharks were about. Went on to Sandfly Bay, not named after the fly but rather because the sand blows in the wind. Super views ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South 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