Choo choo!!

Goodbye to the South Island!

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April 10th 2007
Bit of a long entry today, sorry! We said bye to Nelson early Tuesday morning and headed for Picton where we caught the ferry to Wellington in the north island. It was our last journey with the car before we dropped it off in the morning. Our ferry was booked for lunchtime so we had a little while to wait. Luckily the weather was nice so we sat outside by a little lake with a mini train tra ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington

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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