landscape full of thermal activity at "craters of the moon" park

smells & mud pools

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May 4th 2006
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO STICKIE for yesterday-sorry we missed it - we hear you were sat in the garden with a glass of wine - is that all you're capable of these days? Ferry crossing through the marlborough sounds was amazing, the pictures are fab but don't really do it justice- it takes about an hour to get through them to the open sea (we even spotted dolphins swimming along with the ferry). Arrived ... 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