If found, please leave at Room 308 - Base Backpackers, Queenstown Photo 5

If found, please leave at Room 308 - Base Backpackers, Queenstown

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January 3rd 2010
If you mention, Queenstown to anyone, they will immediately tell you that it is the drinking / adventure sport capital of New Zealand. If you want to jump off a bridge with a piece of string attached to your legs, or drink teapot cocktails then this is the place you need to be. I planned to spend a week here as I was going to do the Nevis Bungee, and also get some partying out of my system. The fo ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island

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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