Cape Farewell,top of the South Island

To Farewell Spit and Back in an Afternoon

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March 20th 2022
Waking amidst all these trees it was hard to tell what the weather overhead was like and we wanted at the least a dry afternoon for our 6 hour return journey out to the lighthouse on Farewell Spit and back. The times of departure from Collingwood depends upon the tide on the ocean side of the Spit. As the only way the public can travel the greater length of the Spit is by bus we had to book ... 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