Out to Dry

Fishes in Thornton

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February 27th 2009
So after visitng the waterfall, we are absolutely soaked, the van smells damp, with nowhere to dry our clothes and it's still p**sing it down. We head to our next camp site sorely in need of showers and an undercover area to dry everything off. We park up and sit, in the pouring rain and wonder what to do first. After waterproofs, outside chairs and towels have been draped outside in the undercove ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Bay of Plenty » Whakatane

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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