Vanishing Trail sign

Twizel

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March 4th 2017
The distance from Oamaru to Twizel wasn't that far but we decided to take it in a leisurely fashion since the route lay via a "Vanished World Trail", including more interesting rocks and a fossil museum at Duntroon, not to be missed! The first site was a rather surreal field full of black rocks in sculptured form called Elephant Rocks. You could make out elephant ears in a few of them. Apparently ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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