Freezing my nadgers off at Lake Tepako

New Zealand - bleedin freezing but so worth it!

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October 23rd 2008
So no one told us it was going to be so bloody freezing in New Zealand! We are here a week already and we are only just warming up. Some bloke returning his van in the campervan hire place kindly give us some blankets saying "it can get cold out there". D'ya think?! Its jaysus freezing! We've been sleeping with the duvet we got with Ruby (our campervan), our sleeping bags and the kindly donat ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Lake Tekapo

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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