Happily tramping until i heard the monster

Sad to say goodbye

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March 26th 2009
I'm very sad to come to the end of my New Zealand adventure. It's been great here from start to finish. When i last wrote i was in Queenstown. From there i moved northwards and spent a night on a farm near Kurow, stoppping to see the famous moeraki boulders on the beach on the way. On the farm I went tramping (walking in the rough country for those that don't know - not picking up undesirables ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Kaikoura

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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