Plumped up duvets!!

Lindis Pass & Balfour

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March 10th 2009
Monday 9th March - Set off for the Lindis Pass. Loved the colours of the shrub and grass covered mountains - each corner brought another wonderful view. The mountains looked a bit like plumped up duvets!! The other side of the pass there was a huge flat plain - one straight road went on for 6Km. Views were now appearing of Mt. Cook at the end of Lake Pukaki - Drove past Pukaki Airport which w ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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