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Queenstown

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July 7th 2007
Hi, well we stayed in queenstown for about a week. It is classed as a city but really it is a town at the edge of a lake and at the bottom of a mountain - looks very pretty at night. The whole town is pretty much dedicated to skiing and snowboarding as they have 3 mountains available to ski on around there. Katie and I went on a trip to Milford sounds which is a fiord (body of water carved out ... 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