Wanaka skydive - just outside the plane

Most amazing thing ever !!!

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March 5th 2009
Skydive lake Wanaka - 10 minute plane ride to 12000 ft, 45 second freefall, 5 minute parachute ride. THE MOST AMAZING EXPERIENCE I'VE EVER HAD !! I always thought it must feel pretty cool to skydive, and it was one of the things that I wanted to do in New Zealand - but I had no idea what it would really be like (it was way more) I was a bit nervous this morning on the bus, as I was been ... read more

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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