The lake in Queenstown

Party town !!!

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June 21st 2006
Well Queenstown does live up to it's hype as a party town, but it is quite a classy town, not as dirty, or Blackpool like as I had imagined. The things you can do here are endless...Bunjee, sky-dive, hang-glide, Jet Boats, Snow-board, cannon swings (Don't ask)....you name it, you can do it here!!! Not good for tight arse backpackers.... In the end, we bottled out of the life threatening (or ... 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