Glenorchy

Leaving day

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December 28th 2010
Last day in this now soggy, sodden, flooded place. It has indeed now been raining non-stop for the promised 24 hours so the forecast has been revised to 48 hours :-) The fire service here used an old air-raid siren to call the firemen to action and it went off at least twicew yesterday and three times last night. Jet lag Rob says. Hmm. Tricky one - up to Auckland today and stop there for a ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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