View on the drive to Hanmer down the coast

Day 19: Blenheim - Hanmer Springs

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April 1st 2011
Day 19 – Friday the 1st of April Pinch and a punch for the first of the month! And no returns! Sadly today we had to leave wine country, but not without a few more sips of wine. Hello Allan Scott! The Sauv was ok but nothing wow until we tried one of their single vineyard sauvs......yum! A bottle of that and we’ll take the bubbles too and off we set with more bottles of wine and us still ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Hanmer Springs

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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