Bottle Lake Forest (3)

3/4 October 2015

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October 4th 2015
Since creating my list of things to do in New Zealand I thought i'd start crossing off some of the local ones! I started the weekend off with a drive to Cave Stream National Park. This is where you can go caving and emjoy the scenery of the Alps at the same time! The drive here was stunning. Mountains everywhere you look, however the majority of the snow has now disappeared! After 1.5hr ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Canterbury Plains

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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