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Bendigo

Driving through the seasons

May 11th 2008
Towards the north ... Finally we are hitting the west coast! Because of the bad weather we drove a lot and we have time to spare in the North ! From Queenstown we went to Lake Hawea and lake Wanaka to spend the night but then decided to go a little back to explore a Gold Mining region. We had time to explore the hill of Bendigo, the abandoned shafts, huts and other diggings w ... read more
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New Zealand Flag 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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