Marlborough Sounds

Day 78 - ferry to Picton, car to Nelson

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February 20th 2006
An odd night as I was woken by a guy climbing out of the window of the hostel room onto an adjoining roof where he stood in a howling wind dressed only in his boxers for what I can only guess was to have a smoke! We get the ferry to the South Island. The journey was ok, taking about 3 hours, but it was very windy which masked the heat and we ended up sunburnt. We were also too busy looking at the ... 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