Jet-boating......

Grant and Rae's NZ Trip

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January 23rd 2012
Relatively easy day today........caught the hotel shuttle bus into Queenstown and climbed Queenstown Hill - only 907 metres but (much of it) steeply uphill,surprise,surprise. Took us just under the hour to reach the top where we breakfasted on a pancake stack with bacon,bananas and maple syrup. Stunning views - and they do everything from there: paragliding,bunay jumping,luge,mountain biking (even ... 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