Changed my mind...

Don't want to be a lumberjack now. I think I'll try gold mining..

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February 16th 2008
When we started this trip we said "we'd try a bit of everything". So when we got the opportunity to prospect for gold at a real mine in Kawaru Gorge - We just had to give it a go! Only cost a couple of dollars and we did manage to find a few flecks! (But don't get excited kids, it's not worth a lot.) The whole place is set up to how it originally was, back when it was a ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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