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TRAVEL BLOG ENTRY
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Today we drove to Wanganui, founded on the banks of the Whanganui River (the name of the town is spelled without the 'h') - the longest navigable watercourse in New Zealand. It is one of New Zealand's oldest cities and had one of the biggest concentrations of Maoris back in 1830. We stayed in a beautiful Edwardian villa right next to the river called Tamara Lodge.
The weather was great (and has been over the past months) and we decided to take a stroll and visit the local museum with an outstanding collection of Maori artefacts and 3 impressive canoes. After that we went to the Sarjeant Gallery, an impressive building with a great black-and-white collection of photographs buy a Dutchie called Ans Westra.
The rest of the day we spent relaxing in the sun, having coffees and Tal jumping on the trampoline in the guesthouse's backyard (and piercing her lip).
The next morning we visited the local market. It is intersting to see how the locals enjoy baking cakes and bread and selling it in big quantities. It is one of those markets you unfortunately wouldn't find in Holland or England..
From there we took the Durie Hill elevator through the 66m hill to the summit, whit great views of the river and town. Another 176 steps up we got to the top of the 34m Memorial Tower. Later that afternoon we drove towards Egmont Village, in the Taranaki province.
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