Queenstown3

The Adventure Capital

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May 14th 2006
Queenstown is very cool -- in more ways than one. First of all, the temperature is a lot lower than we had thought it was going to be. I guess we couldn't convert celsius into fahrenheit, but it's been quite cool here. The first day we arrived, it was raining and we felt cold in our jackets with sweatshirts underneath. Our first day we wandered around the town and were frozen! However the wea ... 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