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Morning after the storm

Fox Glacier & Franz Josef Glacier! ... 9/1 to 11/1

January 20th 2013
Well... now the true road trip begins! After dropping John and Andrea off at the airport for their flight back to Perth we start the long journey back to Auckland. Today we are heading towards the West Coast. We are staying in Haast ....Only about 160km away but terrible weather! Long drive from Queenstown through torrential rain storms, across the Southern Alps, Wanaka township & Lake Howea. I ... read more

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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

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Stan Carvell

Stan and Annie

'Adventure Before Dementia Tour!' Our travels began on Boxing Day 2012 and we headed off for a 9 month trip around the world - via New Zealand, Australia, Cook Islands and L.A Six months into that trip my beautiful and talented wife was offered a job opportunity in Perth with a visa that would allow us both to live and work in this fantastic City for four years. So, we cut short our travels and headed back to Perth ...... but we've always considered that this four year period was going to be an adventure and more of working holiday rather than us emigrating. We want to to enjoy every sing... full info

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