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Post 8 - Antipodean Adventures 1 - Sydney and NZ

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March 17th 2010
Leg two of my round the world trip takes me at the end of February 2010 across the wide, wide Pacific ocean, across the international date line, to New Zealand and Australia. My core schedule is a month in New Zealand and then two months in Australia, though with an initial week in Sydney to co-incide with the city's annual Mardi Gras fest. Missing the huge Chilean earthquake by just three days ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Auckland

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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