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Mount Cook

View from the room
Touring Monocle

January 17th 2016
Hi all now in Fjordland. Left Lincoln and the dogs early as had severe sinus allergy. But ok now. Drove down to Omarau where the blue penguins colony is. Omarau town has wide streets of an old Victorian town, cast iron filigree around the buildings. Waited until 9pm to watch the blue penguins swim in to the hides. 4 rafts came in, rafts terminology meaning groups of penguins. Over a couple o ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Fiordland National Park

New Zealand Flag 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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