Abel Tasman - start of the track - weather looking grim

cabin fever!

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May 3rd 2006
HAPSY 2nd BIRSENDAY (as Spanner woud say) to Gracie-Mae - gutted we're missing her big day ! hope you all have a fab time! We're now in Picton, ready to board the ferry to the North Island in a few hours - carl's gone off to get his barnet cut (not that there's much left these days!) - so I could say all sorts !!!!!! but I won't - as you lot are doing a good enough job ! We spent yesterday in ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Abel Tasman National Park

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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