A Town With A View
Mike. If you're thinking that this photo looks familiar, that's because it's one of yours that I nicked. Sorry bout that.
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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]
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] Blog: Queenstown And The 3 Most Exhilarating Days Of My Life
Date: July 15th 2006
Welcome to Queenstown. Since the very first day of my travels I'd been told by people that Queenstown was "the" place to go in New Zealand so I expected it to be a great big city like Sydney and Melbourne. Well it isn't. It is in fact quite literally a town as the name suggests but what it lacks in size it makes up for in awesomeness (is that a word?). The first big job that we did was to go an ... read more
Date: July 15th 2006
Welcome to Queenstown. Since the very first day of my travels I'd been told by people that Queenstown was "the" place to go in New Zealand so I expected it to be a great big city like Sydney and Melbourne. Well it isn't. It is in fact quite literally a town as the name suggests but what it lacks in size it makes up for in awesomeness (is that a word?). The first big job that we did was to go an ... read more
