A Whale!

South Island - Part 3

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March 16th 2011
Suzanne here... As we've established, we do like to selflessly support independent breweries. With this in mind we stopped off in Westport to visit West Coast Brewing. There we picked up a couple of litres each of Green Fern Organic Lager and a wheat beer. Having done our bit, we moved east. The plan had been to go to Hanmer Springs, but passing a free DOC campsite, Deer Valley, on the w ... 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