We made it to the north of the North Island!

May 11th 2016
Back on the North Island, we spent a few days ambling our way up the west coast from Wellington until we began to see the impressive form of Mount Taranaki dominating the skyline. We drove up to the mountain visitor centre, but as a huge amount of rain had fallen here we could only do a couple of short walks nearby. So we had to be content with seeing the mountain from afar as we made our way arou ... read more

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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

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Liz & Ross

Around the world eventually

Hello. We are Ross and Liz and on the 20th November 2013 (a wet and grey British winter's day) we finally set off on our long planned trip around the globe. We started our adventure in Buenos Aires, Argentina and have since made our way around South America, South East Asia, Sri Lanka and overland from the UK to Hong Kong, where we hopped over to Japan and then down to New Zealand. After five fantastic months camper vanning around NZ we are heading over to Australia for three months before finally heading home (via Thailand and Frankfurt). We travel at a nice slow pace, visiting all the s... full info

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