The gardens without me

WELLINGTON. BOTANICAL GARDENS & WHARF.

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March 30th 2009
WELLINGTON: Bound by it's magnificent harbour, with wooden Victorian buildings terraced Up to the top of the lookout. We travelled on a cable car and we walked back down thru the Botanical Gardens. The city's harbour was formed by the flooding of a huge valley. An earthquake pushed up Miramar Peninsula in 1460 a bit before my time! ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Wellington

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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