A field full of (elephant) Rocks

Omarama - Gliding Capital of the World

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December 11th 2005
Omarama is 40 minutes from where you reach Route 8 after leaving Mount Cook. Next stop can be the salmon farm along the way. You might want to pull into Twizal and have a look next. A community built as the village for all the workers on the Waitaki Hydro dams and is now a thriving up-market community and a pleasant place for tourists to visit. Just before Omarama is a turnoff to a new DOC camp o ... 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