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First penguin sighting

as we arrived at Sandfly Bay on the Otago Peninsula
Nature nature car-park

February 5th 2009
January 31st The next morning we lounged in our parking spot, soaking up all the electricity we could before setting out to find the buskers. George managed to parallel parked Dame Edna (another name for our van - she walks like a woman but talks like a man!) in the town centre, and we joined the crowds in Cathedral Square. Frankly, I was expecting a multitude of acts across all genres, but C ... read more
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New Zealand Flag 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
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