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Stop, Hey What's That Sound?

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September 25th 2009
Yesterday was another great day in Q'town and environs ... rode the Skyline Gondola up a mountain directly overlooking the village, Lake Wakatipu, the aptly named Remarkables Mountains, and surrounding towns. The complex at the top included a luge track (concrete on wheeled luges, not ice on blades!), observation points, hiking trails and a bunjy jump platform. We luged, but didn't jump--it didn't ... 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