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Split Apple Rock

I admire the Kiwaussies for their inventiveness when it comes to naming things. In Australia they came up with "Great Sandy Desert", "Great Dividing Range" and "Great Barrier Reef" for big things that indeed are sandy, dividing or a barrier. Granted, this does look like a split apple.
The sky is not really the limit

November 10th 2011
Just another Island? On that Friday morning I drove down to the harbor and got myself and my new car on the ferry. Yeah, the EEL was left behind. After a few days I got fed up with it. Not the car as such. The CD player in the EEL. It could only play the first 5-6 songs on every CD and often it didn't do that very well. Apart from the odd hitchhikers and a Norwegian guy who went along for a d ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fox Glacier

New Zealand Flag 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
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