!!Then the sun came out.........

Grant and Rae's NZ Trip

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January 10th 2012
Thought that I'd done this already............but it seems to be gorn! Easier day today before Tongariro tomorrow. Rae had a bright idea to go to another thermal park. So we drove to Orakei Korako (the Hidden Valley) and took a ferry over the Waitako river. It was a great visit - much better than the Craters of the Moon: silica terraces,mud pools,mini-geysers. My photos don't do it j ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Mount Ruapehu

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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