Famous boulders formed around fossilised remains just outside Dunedin

South Island Bus Trip

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August 14th 2006
We travelled around the South Island on the 'Stray' bus tour! This was a brilliant way to meet people and to see all the famous and some not so famous sights! We would definitely say that Barrytown was one of the not so famous places but it proved to be quite an experience, with it's colourful locals and well, not much else! Franz Josef Glacier was spectacular and Queenstown had something for e ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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