Beautiful lake

No Adventure in the Adventure Capital

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July 9th 2009
Day 80 (Thursday 09/07/09, NJJ) Heard air raid sirens going off this morning. These are used when the emergency service volunteers are needed. There was an accident on the Milford Road due to the ice and snow and a person on a tourist bus was killed, understandably the road was closed for a time. We consider ourselves lucky to have done the trip yesterday. Drove on to Queenstown stopping along th ... 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