Amanda in her spiritual home

The Campervan Diaries

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November 16th 2007
This blog comes to you from the side of a deserted road, about 20 miles outside Queenstown, where we've just discovered something our van doesn't have - a petrol warning light! Ok, ok, so we saw that the gauge was down to "E", but we assumed a light would come on at some stage as well. Anyway, another car came along eventually, and Neil has managed to thumb a lift back to Queenstown to sort us 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