Archway Islands, Wharariki Beach

May 21st 2006
Be active or buy activity After having been running up mountains for five weeks in Tassie we were quite keen to go back to a more relaxing style of sightseeing which means driving to a highlight, jumping out of the car to do the "five minutes return lookout" - option and jumping back in, to drive to the next sight. On the other hand New Zealand is walking country again. With so many kilometers of ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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

28th August 2010

Ben
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Memorable!
A great photo, just what it was like when I saw it 4 years ago, in 2006, in the middle of winter, with not a single soul around except my then NZ girlfriend who suggested I should go there with her and see, for an experience of a life-time... Yes, I came, I saw, and I was conquered... I expect it is a must-see again, before one says fairwell to this fair world,,,

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