Worlds Steepest Street!

Earthquakes, Volcanoes and the Not So Long Roads Home

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June 13th 2011
As we reached the top of Dundas Street and turned onto George street, looked down on to the gardens and then across to the Water of Leith, we realised we were finally home....Except that we wern't, not yet anyway. We still had one week left of our global adventure and had arrived in the city of Dunedin. "The Edinburgh of the south" is its nickname - and we could see why, the entire city seeme ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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