Our walk

New wheels but old springs

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April 21st 2007
What happened after Fox? Well, we slept well! Seriously, Alan had a long hard day of driving in torrential rain, as we travelled up the West Coast. Road between temperate rain forest and The Tasman Sea . Some really weird driving conditons up here- twice we shared creek crossing bridges with the railway lines going down the middle, not that we saw many trains, THREE in the whole South Island. ... read more

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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