On our way to the airport

Depart Brisbane

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September 9th 2013
Geo: -27.5, 153.017We visited New Zealand's North Island when we were first married and vowed to return one day. Some 30 years later, here we are on our way to Te Wai Pounamu (Maori for the South Island).Cabbed it out to the Brisbane International Airport around 3pm for a 6.15 flight. Cleared customs and headed to duty free with 2 botles of grog underarm when the girls at the checkout info ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more