Sitting in the hot pools on Hot Water Beach

Melbourne, Auckland, Hot Water Beach, Waitomo and Rotorua

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November 9th 2011
I spent just over a week in Melbourne at the end of October and absolutely loved it. It has a much more European style than any of the other cities I've seen in Australia and I felt very at home there; with the river and the weather it felt very much like London. I spent the week with a friend who I'd met up the East Coast who is living in Melbourne and working. Unfortunately she lost her ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

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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