Slope Point

Forests, Sea shores and Walking Boots

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March 6th 2007
From Lake Tekapo we began moving towards the bottom of South Island. The scenery changing almost hour by hour from the snow capped mountains on the horizon to sand swept bays and forests as we moved further south. We visited the town of Oamaru, staying at the Empire Hotel - a Victorian Backpackers - but central and very friendly. Oamaru is a town of Victorian architecture and apparently often u ... 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