a long way from home

March 10th 2009
Friday 27 February Leaving Aoraki Mt Cook National Park behind me this morning, I headed south then east, aiming eventually for Dunedin, probably getting there tomorrow. My first stop was at Twizel as I needed fuel. As I pulled off the highway into Twizel I was feeling hungry and came across “The Musterer’s Hut” - now there, I thought, is a place where you are bound to get a good br ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Otago

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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Claire Duff

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I think it was Benjamin Disraeli who said "Like all great travellers I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen" In the hope that this doesn't happen to me, I'm preparing this journal. I'm writing it mainly for myself so that I can look back on it in years to come along with the thousands of photo's I'll end up taking. I'm writing it also for the many family and friends who have helped me on my way in so many different ways - I might take forever to make a decision but once I do, I move pretty fast!! It's also for anyone who stumbles across it and wants to... full info

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