There she blows, the Nevis monster

Bungieeeeeeeeees!

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March 12th 2005
WEEEEEEE! Splash! BOING! (that's what bungying into a river is like) Driving into Queenstown in the morning, we almost passed the AJ Hacket bungy centre. Out of curiosity and not at all planning to do a bungy we stopped to have a look. It's site is the original 43m jump-off-a-bridge-into-the-river-below and world's first commercial bungy centre. Well looking at other people doing it - o ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Otago

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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