Skydive landing

From OZ to NZ

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April 15th 2007
.....the Blue Mountains were left behind and Sydney awaited. We spent a good few days there over Easter weekend and did many of the standard travellers things; the Opera house and Harbour Bridge at night, went through the Rocks, surfed at Manly (in the rain - Grrrrr!) and slept at Sydney airport (where they turned off the 5 meter high TV so we couldn't watch the end of the Masters golf or more im ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Franz Josef

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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