Meander in the river

On the Road and the Tracks Again

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January 1st 2007
New Years Day went for a walk round Dundedin botanic gardens, As its supposed to be summer here everythings in bloom (otherwise it wiould pass for a dull November day back home. Aprt from the flowers more huge trees both native and foreign and the usual plethora of birds. Saw a family of fantails (a little grey bird about the size of a chaffinch but with this ridiculously extravagant white fannned ... 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