Reefton

Historic building in this old gold mining town

May 31st 2012
Westport to Akaroa Since we were making good progress, we decided to have an easy day and not clock up too many miles.<span> We were actually quite exhausted from our travels so far and we didn't take many photos - never mind. First stop along the way was an old mining town called Reefton whose claim to fame is that it was the first town in the southern hemisphere to have streetl ... read more

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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

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David Blewitt

WhitleyBayDownUnder

David is a former lecturer in Electronic Engineering who decided to take early retirement and escape the madness of working in a Further Education College. Valda is his wife, who also recently retired. Both of us decided to try out something a bit more adventurous than taking a package holiday, and set out to see a bit of the world "down under" before popping our clogs. Family living there say it is great, so we are off to see if anything there could replace Whitley Bay as the Centre of the Universe. (Not really possible, but we should look).... full info

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