DAY 16 MOTUOAPA to KINLOCH via Taupo

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February 16th 2023
Up well before the sun. Swans rush to greet me. Reminds me of Como foreshore. We leave early and find a quiet spot on the banks of Lake Taupo to have breakfast before heading to Taupo. Nice, however in our opinion, not ‘raveable’. An ordinary town situated on Lake Taupo. Busy. Huka Falls was the highlight. Flowing over a 9m fall in a narrow gorge at 200 000L/second, enough to fill 5 Olymp ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Taupo » Wairakei

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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