viaduct

From west coast to east

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April 2nd 2008
We started at Hokitika, on the beach actually, for a picnic, and stopped to look at a giant boulder which had been carried on the top of a glacier a few!!!! years ago. Then we made our way up to the top of the spectacular Arthur's pass - easy to leave the road here, as one poor chap did a few hours before us, but we arrived safely at the YHA at the very top. The hairiest moment was a single track ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Arthur's Pass National Park

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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