Smile for the camera

Soggy Bottom - 11th - 20th Dec 06

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December 20th 2006
The journey down to Queenstown was broken up by a couple of stops at Lakes Wanaka and Hawea. The lakes in this part of the world are truly stunning - pools of icy blue water, as it's generally glacial run off, flanked by snow capped mountains - just beautiful! We made a brief stop off in the very picturesque Wanaka where I ran around like a mad thing trying to organise some fizz and plastic glas ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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