the cockpit

planes and trains - and that's just to sleep in!!

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October 16th 2010
Hello, for those of you still wondering we have only just stopped smelling of burnt matches! though some might say that's an improvement on phils usual smell!! From Rotorua we headed west to Waitomo. We stayed at a great place called Woodlyn Park, they have some rather interesting accomodation there including a converted boat, trains, hobbit holes and a Bristol bomber plane. Of course we ha ... read more

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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