Tim on the bridge

More walking...

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December 7th 2005
We have made it to Mount Cook (Akaroa) National Park which is where the Southern Alps and Mount Cook (NZ's highest mountain) are. We arrived yesterday in very wet and grey weather. It was so misty we could not really see any mountains let alone Mount Cook! The rain put a bit of a dampener on our walking plans (we are not he die hard walkers that like to go out in any weather), so we vegged about f ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Akaroa

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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