Dom next to the Remarkables

Queenstown

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April 16th 2007
We were very unsure what to expect of Queenstown. We'd read that it was highly geared towards tourism and pretty pricey, yet so many people had told us how great it was. The descriptions were right, but we really fell in love with Queenstown. Surrounded by Lake Wakatipu and the Remarkables mountain range, Queenstown was both picturesque and vibrant (described in our massively over the top travel g ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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