Cluster of Cattle

Day 31: The Taieri Gorge Railway

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December 30th 2010
I checked out of my Premium Room With Lake View (at $149 NZ, the most expensive room I expect to be staying in on my trip) and thankfully bade farewell to the Internetless YHA Queenstown. Promptly at 11:45, the bus hired by Track and Trail Taieri showed up to take me to Pukerangi to meet the train. It was a Connexions bus, and it was responsible for getting a lot of people to a lot of different ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Central Otago

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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