Taupo 3,2,1, jump!

You climb up a 15m high post onto a tiny shaky platform and then jump off. That's like jumping from the 6th floor of a building! There's a 12m freefall before you feel the ropes pulling you and then it was the biggest swing I've ever been on. Basic thriller.

Taupo

June 5th 2007
Hello! Our main aim here was to do the Tongariro Crossing trek, but couldn't unfortunately because it was closed due to high winds at the crater. So we only stayed one night here. That night we went to the local pub which had a quiz night on. In the end we finished first out of 15 teams, with 36 correct answers out of 50. And the questions were not easy. Not bad at all! It was my first pub's quiz ... 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

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