Mount Messenger & more scenery Photo 1

Mount Messenger & more scenery

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December 23rd 2008
I finally charged my camera battery and forgot that I had some other pictures from my day in the truck with Mark, so I've just come on to upload some more pictures, some of Mount Messenger - you will see how tropical it looks, almost like a jungle and then just hills and farmlands and I've got a couple good shots of the Ocean too on our way to Cambridge!!! Enjoy! oh and tomorrow is Christmas eve f ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » New Plymouth

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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