Another fern

Beginning three days on the west coast.

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March 5th 2009
Monday March 2nd Very light mist, booo. Breakfast of plumbs I bought in Takaka and coffee. Yes I am making my own coffee on occasion. Heading out for the coast I read my itinerary and discover that the swinging bridge I thought I missed is actually only a short distance down the road. I stop to check it out, but really, would you pay to go out on a swinging bridge over a river gorge in the pourin ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Greymouth

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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