Queenstown, mountains open! July 11th 2006 So three months on from my last blog and things have cooled down a bit here in Queenstown, we have had a couple of -12 nights which leaves all the windows in the house with a thick layer of ice on the inside, the toilet bowl froze and transforms our back yard into something out of Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe. This has made the posty run a little sketch in some parts but no big falls yet. Currentl ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown 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
Sometimes I think it would be nice to be settled an have some balanced 9 to 5 life, join a sports team again and be there for friends and families birthdays etc, but then I end up doing something like watching the sunrise from Mt Sonder in outback Australia and remember why I will probably never kick the travel bug. Kotahi Aroha ... full info