Some of the thousands of resident birds

The Reef (a little delayed...)

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January 31st 2009
G'day all. We haven't written on here for an indecent amount of time, so I thought now that we have been in New Zealand for a while was a perfect time to write about our trip to the Great Barrier Reef. We spent a day on a boat called Passions of Paradise (or somehting similar) and had a FANTASTIC day. The boat left early in the morning and took us out to Michaelmas Cay, a bird sanctuary on ... 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