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December 16th 2005
Having a great time in Queenstown although we have spent quite a bit of our time looking down on the town from above. We got here yesterday and headed straight for the gondola which is a cable car type affair that takes you up one of the mountains 450m above Queenstown. That gave us really good views but the best bit was they had a luge track at the top. The luge are these plastic go kart type ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Otago » 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