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Queenstown and Canyoning

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March 9th 2011
So we're back in Queenstown. yeah it kind of sucks you in this place, but it is all good. One thing that I really wanted to try but would never have had the time to do had we gone on to Invercargill was to do the canyoning. This was a great activity, while Toby did the big Ben Nevis bungee (yeah the BIG one). I went off on my own to do the canyoning. We were taken by bus up out of Queenstow ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Queenstown

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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