Southern Alps

Just a perfect day (in the end)

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October 20th 2011
Up early (again) as we were being picked up from the Motel at 7:30 and being taken to the Railway station for a 8:15 departure. The trip was advertised as one of the great railway journeys of the world passing through the Southern Alps of New Zealand with breathtaking scenery. Guess what... It was bucketing it down. The rain was absolutely pouring down from a low leaden sky and you couldn't ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Greymouth

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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