Orton Bradley Park

Last two days in and around Christchurch

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March 20th 2017
Saturday had been booked for a scenic train ride on the TransAlpine railway from Christchurch inland through Arthur's Pass. Unfortunately we had an email a fortnight before to say that it had been cancelled due to local fires. We decided therefore to explore the Banks Peninsula which formed by numerous eruptions of the Lyttleton and Akaroa volcanoes had lots of rocky outcrops, craggy headlands and ... 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