Not so 'Pleasant flat' campsite!

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December 15th 2015
November 2015 Nostalgic pangs were eased as we drove away from the West coast of New Zealand's South Island by the previous night's deluge of 100mm or so of rain. I had come across this poem in a book about the area whilst staying in the Copland Valley which summed up the West coast's climate well: It rained and rained and rained, The average rainfall was well maintained. And ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Wanaka

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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