A sad day!

The weather spoils (almost) everything!

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March 19th 2007
OK, I'll start where Verity left off, her birthday! We got up Friday morning to bright sunshine, a great start to the day. Verity rang her parents, we treated ourselves to breakfast (actually the milk had gone off so we had to!) and then we headed off for our day of fun! First we went Zorbing which was brilliant and as it was sunny we weren't too upset about getting soaking wet! We did one run ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Abel Tasman National Park » Marahau

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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