Lee, Scott, Diane, Nancy at Sydney Opera House Restaurant Benelong Feb 24 17

Australia and New Zealand Winter 2017

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March 6th 2017
Australia and New Zealand, Winter 2017 Australia and New Zealand have been on our bucket list for some time. We finally decided to go in February of 2017. The biggest drawback is their remoteness from just about anywhere. These Southern Ocean islands rise out of the ocean, far from Asia, Europe, and from the US. Yet travelers from all of these places put up with appearing yellow and pasty ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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