Vanessa posing at Billy Brown's!

From Coast to Coast

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April 9th 2007
Billy Brown’s and Dunedin On the 23rd February we headed to the east coast and stayed in a fantastic hostel a little way along the coast from Dunedin: a working farm called Billy Brown’s. Billy was the owner and although he mostly spent his time doing farming work, he liked to run his backpackers as a side business. The location was excellent, being right beside the sea on rural and hilly co ... 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