Sunsetting

Queenstown 2

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December 20th 2010
Day 23 All the time we had been in NZ we were always prepared to change plans. The campervan gave us this option and even if we couldn’t get a refund on booked over the internet site fees they were never very expensive to bother us. We had planned two nights at Glenorchy and expected to white water raft there. However, when we got there we found out that that wasn’t an option. Jet boats were ... 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