Auckland from Devonport

March 24th 2009
Days 45-48 14-17 March Auckland Last few days in NZ were really enjoyable. An early morning departure from Hahei to drive round the Coromandel Peninsula to Thames, then to hit the main Highway 1 again to Auckland. It’s always a pain packing up the car in the rain, but we realized that, in spite of not having the best of luck with weather, this was the first time we’d had to do this ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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DonnyBreeze

donnybreeze

Mike and Rosie Smith retired in 2008. They managed to spend a large amount of their kids' inheritance on a 2009 trip to Australia and New Zealand, via Dubai to check up on brother Dave's progress building the metro. May 2010 - house swap with David and Claudia to Mill Valley, just north of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. Side trips: 1. Yosemite National Park 2. Las Vegas, Grand Canyon and Zion National Park. 3. Down the coast to Santa Barbara and back to San Francisco via the Monterey Peninsula and Big Sur. October 2011 - house swap with Tom and Nancy to Charlestown, Boston, M... full info

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