Colac Bay with Jen and Wes

Mid winter Queenstown, Aotearoa

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August 14th 2007
Hey once again from Queenstown, as i write I can see it has just started snowing on top of the remarkables again which is good as we need some more, when do you not?! Its warm today, bout 10' which is nice we had a couple of weeks in the negitives and it was pretty chilly with Qtown cut off from outside world, cars abandoned and sheet ice causing mayhem. Myself and the crew have been keeping indoo ... read more

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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