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Christmas at Careys Bay

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December 25th 2005
Unfortunately, the weather gods were not with us on Christmas day. Heavy showers, followed by drizzly rain for most of the day. We managed a 1 hour walk around the bay, and worked up an appetite for our Organic Lamb roast. Yep, I ate meat for the first time in about 5 years. The lamb was raised on a friends paddock and "taken out" by a local farmer, then prepared freshly for Christmas day. Spen ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Otago » Dunedin

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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