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Canyon Swing and rafting

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May 1st 2007
Had to do at least one adrenaline thing in Queenstown and had heard great things about the canyon swing. As the name suggests it is a great big swing into and across a canyon. Basically you are harnessed up and then choose which way (10 different options) to throw yourself off the platform that is 109m above the canyon floor. Attached to a rope rather than a bungy cord you freefall for 60m and th ... 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