View from the swinging bridge

Abel Tasman National Park

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March 1st 2013
Today I took a water taxi to Abel Tasman National Park, this is the easiest way of accessing it. We left Kaiteriteri at around 9am and the tour took us along the coast dropping people off at the various spots they had chosen to walk. En-route we saw the Split Apple stone, some seals and cub seals on the rocks of Adella Island. I was dropped off at Torrent Beach for a two and a half hour walk back ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Abel Tasman National Park

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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