Mmmm, Wine and Cheese

Happy Birthday

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January 17th 2009
Well I am now 29 (honest), and undoing any good work of hanging on to my youth through adrenalin sports by wine tasting and early nights. We have done so much it is hard to keep track. Queenstown was great, Jet boating and some good walks. Milford sound was full of waterfalls because the weather was so wet (as my soaked camera vouched for). We then drove to Wanaka, again a good walk however t ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Rotorua

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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