Mount Taranaki

February 1st 2013
We set off from Wellington to Taranaki on Thurs 24th Jan on a miserable, grey day which was ideally suited to our long, boring drive ahead of us.... over 320km to New Plymouth....& not a lot to see. This section of New Zealand is probably the most un-interesting, just flat boring farm land. We were making our way to stay with Annie's friend Catherine in new Plymouth the following day and ... 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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