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Queenstown

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May 22nd 2007
We decided to make our way to Queenstown on the scenic Taieri Gorge Railway This train runs out of the beautiful Dunedin Railway Station to Middlemarch about 60km away. After boarding the train and a quick pie for lunch we stood out on one of the viewing platforms (As long as we could take the wind) to see some of the scenery. The railway line travels through spectacular scenery along the banks of ... read more

Oceania » Cook Islands

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Named after Captain COOK, who sighted them in 1770, the islands became a British protectorate in 1888. By 1900, administrative control was transferred to New Zealand; in 1965 residents chose self-government in free association with New Zealand. The e... ... read more