Driving Creek Railway

The Bottle bridge

February 5th 2006
A few more details before i completely forget. After leaving the Skydive we drove long and hard to get to the surfer town of Whangamata on the east coast of the coromandel. The town itself was pretty nice and the place we stayed at was friendly enough. The highlight was staying in a cheap dorm attatched to the side of the main building which looked just like an air-raid shelter in racing green. Du ... read more

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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

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claireandmarc

Hailing from the sunny village of Coventry, England, 23 year old Marc & Claire hatched a cunning plan in the summer of 2004. Twas plan so cunning in fact you could literally brush your teeth with it: To conquer the world via the medium of travel! It then took about a year to actually do anything about organising it (boo to the "o" word), but now Leeds uni maths graduate Marc, and Swansea uni geography graduate Claire, ask you to come hither to their blog of comedy events through India, Asia and finally New Zealand. We salute your coming to visit our photos and anecdotes. In addition this blog ... full info

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