French Ridge (28)

French Ridge Walk

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March 15th 2013
I didn’t sleep fantastically in the bunk house, very hot and quite smelly with lots of people in there, and then at 6.30am we were all woken by the hut shaking and a deep grumbling, thunder like noise. This shaking continued for around 30sec (though it felt a lot longer) and we all laid silently, when it had finished someone said, ‘wow, that was an earthquake’ and then we all started talking ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Wanaka

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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