Queen Charlotte Sound in the morning sunlight...

So Long to the South... for now!

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May 16th 2007
So now it's up into the North Island... I decided on the 8am ferry from Picton to Wellington which needed a 7am check-in and a 6am rise - gutted! Well I did have to make sure I was awake to tackle getting on board the ferry in the little blue mobile! (yup I haven't given my car a name yet). Just my luck that I was on the top deck! All that sorted and it was off through the Queen Charlott ... 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