Stu and Mike on the Bow

Pelorous Sound

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January 8th 2010
Pelorous Sound on Lady Margaret and the dolphins. My sister Claire and her husband Mike have an older fashioned newly refurbished motor launch maybe 35 40 ft long...sleeps 5 easily and travels nicely in the wild and windy Pelorous Sound. The first day we motored out for about 3 hours visited the gannets and finally moored at Tennyson Inlet. We saw many sea birds including 3 spoonbills, shags, pi ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Blenheim

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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