Moeraki Boulders

South Island New Zealand Part 2: Boulders and Bungy Jumping

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June 8th 2010
From Lake Tekapo we made our way south through the mountains and the fog to Wanaka, and then Queenstown, the temperature dropping all the time. After two nights freedom camping on Tekapo, where ice was forming on the inside of the Spaceship windows overnight (!) and we wore most of our clothes in bed (!!), we decided powered campsites, so we could get our little radiator up and running, were the o ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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