Baldwin St. Dunedin

Day 5 & 6 - Dunedin

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December 26th 2007
Left Kimbell today. We had an excellent stay there. Back on the road, and our first stop is the Peel Forest. This is an old growth podocarp forest not far from Geraldine and has some great walks in it. We did a short hike to the Big Tree, which funnily enough is exactly that…a big tree. It is a 1,000-yr old totera tree and was huge. As we had a booking for the evening we departed for Duned ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » 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