Stillwell Bay

This is the life

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January 12th 2010
Having spent the night at a lodge run by a Dutch couple, day 15 promisses to continue the rather heavenly experience from yesterday. I have booked a place on a catamaran from Ancorage Bay back to Kaiteriteri for the afternoon, so just need to get to the starting point by lunch time. There's a road as far as Marahau, and a car park with snack bar by the National Park entrance. So, rather than wa ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Abel Tasman National Park » Kaiteriteri

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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