Lake Wanaka

Tis the Season to be Jolly

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December 25th 2006
Christmas Eve went Christmas shopping (only for food and sunglasses for me (to replace the ones I'd left in Lesley's garden). In the afternoon we climbed the nearby Mt Iron coming across a very young quail hiding under the seat at the viewpoint on the top. Every time anyone with small children arrived they would gather round the poor thing making it impossible for the parents (if they were around) ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Otago

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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