Morning tea stop

A lovely place to stop by Lake Aviemore

March 15th 2014
After a sparse breakfast and a walk around the golf course, we left our bags and collected our lunches from the shop across the road. From there we headed to the Benmore Dam where we had to bike up a steep incline to the top of the dam. That was not a nice way to start the day! It was steep and I was knackered by the time I reached the top. It was a grand view out over the Waitaki Valley and well ... 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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These blogs were started to record our Europe May to August 2011 trip. The Blogs were great for us to diary each day, for others to follow and for us to review when back home. Several have been published into personal books. And so it has continued adding: Europe - Italy,Switzerland, France, 2011 The Hurunui High Country Walk 2011. Tasmania 2012 Europe 2013 - Austria, Switzerland, France and Ireland. Alps2Ocean and Clutha Bike Trails 2014 A Christmas in Switzerland and Germany 2014 Biking the Danube, the Italian Dolomites and Austrian Lakes 2015 Vancouver, Lake Chelan (Washington S... full info

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