lake takepo sunset

Lake Takepo, Oamaru, and Dunedin, NZ

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January 8th 2009
I left Christchurch and headed south and inland to Lake Takepo. It's a bright turquoise colored lake which gets its color from the volcanic particles suspended in water that reflect the sky above (according to the geophysicists at Lonely Planet.) Pretty cool, but not much else going on there, so I only spent the night, went for a run in the morning along the lake, and kept on truckin' to Oamaru. ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Oamaru

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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