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Rocks and Roots on The Old Coach Road

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April 3rd 2016
There was a constant drizzle all morning but we decided to give mountain biking a go. We got dropped off with four bikes and cycled back to base along a 15 km old coach road. It took us up hill and down dale through canopy forests filled with Cabbage trees and giant fern trees. There were wide grassy parts, dark narrow paths, mud, cobbles, gravel, roots and rocks and to add a bit more spice, th ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Mount Ruapehu

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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