Team River valley

Ducks, wizza-wazzas, sheep and Uncle Les

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May 6th 2007
Having sat around in Taupo waiting to do the Tongariro Crossing for many a day, we eventually submitted to the fact the weather was against us on this one and got back on the big green bus of fun. Our first stop was Mordor, yes you know, the mountain of evil evil stuff in Lord of the Rings. We posed our very own characters for some photos, but we both look like such knobs that you wont be seeing ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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