Orlagh ready to go paragliding

Queenstown

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July 26th 2012
The next morning we woke to a really loud siren. We had been hearing them throughout the alps on our trip, and didn't really know what they were for. We got breakfast and left Te Anau. On our way to Queenstown, we stopped at a herd of cows- we had to get some photos as we had seen so many huge herds on our travels. On the radio we heard that there had been a bus crash near Mossburn, which was ... 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