Dan and a sleepy female sealion!

Yet more Wildlife!

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December 22nd 2008
Where we did we leave you last time???......Ah yes, the Farmers Market..... Well, from here we hopped back into Homer and wound our way down to the Catlins, a region that combines lush farmland, rugged bays, wild native forests and a whole host of wildlife, not to mention a severe lack of tourists (not that this has been a problem here!) - not even many locals for that matter! Our first stop ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Southland » Catlins

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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