moeraki boulders

Round stones.....on the beach...

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September 27th 2007
Penguins! We arrived just in time to visit Dusky Beach to see the rare Yellow-Eyed Penguins arriving home from a hard day's fishing in the sea. We spotted one wash up on the surf and a few more were waiting patiently for their partners in the rocky clifftops, with one penguin right in front of us in the grass! We bumped back up to the harbour in the van and visited the Blue Penguin Colony ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Oamaru

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

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