On the road again

Arthurs Pass to Chrixtchurch Via Lake Coleridge

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March 15th 2007
ARTHURS PASS TO CHRISTCHURCH VIA LAKE LYNDON & LAKE COLERIDGE We awoke after a great sleep to a wet morning, our fellow hostelers had planned to do some day trips in the National Park, but it looked as though the weather was going to put an end to that. We headed East towards Christchurch and when we reached Lake Lyndon, remembered tha ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Canterbury Plains

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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