Mirror Lakes

In Sydney

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November 13th 2006
After my last entry I went to play in the snow, but unfortuately it had only settled in the higher areas so we caught the gondala up the mountain and played up there!! Went out that evening with the group to a bar called minus 5 where all the bar was made of ICE and you had to get dressed up in massive jackets, boots and gloves to go in! I didn't go inside as it cost a bit over my budget just to g ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Christchurch

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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