Mt Cook

New New Zealand

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February 11th 2012
Sorry we have been bad bloggers while in New Zealand. We packed a lot into our short time there. Arriving in Christchurch in the middle of the night, our tent was vacuumed before we were let loose on the New Zealand flora and forna. We then had to walk a mile to get to our car rental, thats the service you get when you choose an 'el chepo' car and it really was 'chepo' many dent ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Western Australia » Fremantle

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more