Sunset

Driving to Dunedin

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May 23rd 2007
On the way driving from Oamaru to Dunedin I needed a break so I decided to stop on the beach. It's to cold to swim, but mist was rising off the ocean and the sunset was turning it all pink. I felt I was in some fantasy novel (the kind with unicorns, althought of course I NEVER read these types of books myself). The beach is covered with these giant rocks that according to Maori (the indigeno ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Moeraki Boulders

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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